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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:08 PM Original message |
Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Love this part |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Some nations in Europe recently experimented with privatization |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. We ARE a prison nation.......... |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. It wasn't about 'savings' to begin with |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. It cant be efficient because there is a profit motive |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. You mean corporate greed hasn't magically helped society? |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Little saving, try negitive savings. Private jail owners bribe judges to toss them more people |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. anybody who thinks it was EVER about saving money is an idiot--it was corruption from the get go |
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liberalla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Exactly. Privatization just helps them get their hands on the money |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 04:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. and a risk free business investment for the crony |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Privatization is for transfer of taxpayer $ to private investors, not for savings for taxpayers. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Could we call them DMOs? (Detainee Management Organizations). |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
13. When there's a profit involved, more people go to jail |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. A fresh song for you all regarding "prisons for private profit goals" This is early X-tal 1992 |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. Not just in prisons; privitization of any service exists only to maximize profits |
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