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      <![CDATA[<br />
@14-  Thanks for the correction.  I probably got that impression from an isolated case or something.
        
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      <![CDATA[@13 - I don't think so<br />
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According to Corrections Corporation of America's own propaganda, only 7% of their workforce is unionized - <a href="http://www.ccacommunities.com/static/assets/MYTHS_GENERIC_one-pager_6.18.07.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ccacommunities.com/static/ass&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[@11-  The private prisons are usually unionized.  Creating more union jobs (thanks to the guaranteed occupancy) is one of the selling points of private prison expansion.
        
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      <![CDATA[@7. Thanks!
        
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      <![CDATA[@3 Bingo.  This is the real reason behind privatization and union-busting.  <br />
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There's a big pile of cash (tax revenue) being managed by fucking morons (state reps).  Why should we be surprised when the wolves (connected rich folk) show up and leave a mangled carcass (us) behind?
        
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      <![CDATA[It's like an episode of <i>Oz</i>.
        
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      <![CDATA[remember, the jailers are also in prison.
        
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      <![CDATA[Why do you expect them to treat employees they pay 47 cents an hour well?<br />
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Wonder where all your jobs went?<br />
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They're in prison.
        
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      <![CDATA[@ 5. Sure thing. It's linked in the main post now.
        
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      <![CDATA[But... but... but... what about all the benefits of the efficient invisible-hand of the Free Market?
        
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      <![CDATA[Brendan, would you mind linking to the cost study about the private prison costing the state 3.5 million? Didn't see it in the links you posted but I'd like to take a loot at it.
        
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      <![CDATA[What a fucking mess.
        
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      <![CDATA[So the private prisons cost millions of dollars more than the government prisons.<br />
Follow the money.<br />
Who is taking in those millions of dollars?<br />
Which political campaigns are they donating to?<br />
I'm sure you'll find a link.
        
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      <![CDATA[Gubermint BAAAAAAD. Free markets GOOOOOOD!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Proteus]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Now substitute the word "senior care facilities" for "prison."
        
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