"It's the economy, stupid," said Bill Clinton in 1992. Today, in Seattle, King County, and Washington state, it is even more so the economy, but also social programs versus the jails and prisons that cost this country more than $60 billion per annum. Now Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels wants to build a new $196 to $222 million Seattle jail which will cost $17 to $18 million per year to operate -- despite a dramatic drop in crime.