2016 Postmortem
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I am going to close the "For Profit Prisons"There is something profoundly wrong when African-American men are far more likely to be stopped by the police and charged with crimes and given longer prison terms than their white counterparts, Clinton said. There is something wrong when trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve breaks down We must urgently begin to rebuild bonds of trust and respect among American between police and citizens.
As immigration and incarceration issues become central to the 2016 presidential campaign, lobbyists for two major prison companies are serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/7/23/1405229/-Private-Prison-Corporations-Stand-With-Hillary-Clinton
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/01/hillarys-best-bundlers-lobby-for-big-pharma-private-prisons-and-anti-obamacare-health-insurers/#ixzz41zgKMzGa
My hearing must be bad because I have a Huuuge problem trying to believe her
grasswire
(50,130 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)All she really wants to do is be Commander-in-Chief so she can play war. Domestic issues? Pffft.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)ICE just awarded a HUGE contract to the private prison industry.
And that money??
Into the Clintons' pockets?
Jackilope
(819 posts)... where she actually believes every triangulating position she takes or that she has never been truly held accountable for her lies and projection?
The gall and audacity to spout or parrot things that are supposedly opposite of what financially she is enriched by is breathtakingly brassy.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)AzDar
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"Would You Vote For Me?"...
edgineered
(2,101 posts)In becoming not-for-profit prisons any revenues in excess of costs could be divided up between the owners as bonuses. There should be no doubt that Clinton could and would pull a stunt like that.
Segami
(14,923 posts)Fuddnik
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