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Morning Dew

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2. Like Private Prisons, Red Light Cameras and even Parking Meter Contracts,

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:37 AM

Feb 2012

these are increasingly giveaways to private contractors.

States shouldn't be in the business of creating private profits for public safety issues. It allows private business to prey on citizens.

If the state is interested enough to enforce its laws and penalize lawbreaking citizens, it should be interested enough to protect those citizens from for-profit vultures.

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Drunk drivers: Congress gets behind breath-test ignition devices [View all] alp227 Feb 2012 OP

we should just inject anyone who has purchased alcohol with a spybot that reports back Tunkamerica Feb 2012 #1

Like Private Prisons, Red Light Cameras and even Parking Meter Contracts, Morning Dew Feb 2012 #2

The restaurant lobby will be all over this shit, and it is a slippery slope. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #3

I fail to see how the ignition interlock COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #4