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denverbill

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18. There is no morality in capitalism. Only money. That's all that matters.

Reply to Kber (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 02:30 PM

Sep 2013

That's why it's perfectly acceptable to fire every employee you have and replace them with Indian outsourced cheap labor. That's why it's ok to cut your employees hours to avoid paying for their health insurance. That's why it ok to slip pink slime into hamburger without telling customers what you are doing.

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Private Prisons Demand States Maintain Maximum Capacity Or Pay Fees [View all] Purveyor Sep 2013 OP

Absolutely disgraceful Kber Sep 2013 #1

+1 dmr Sep 2013 #8

There is no morality in capitalism. Only money. That's all that matters. denverbill Sep 2013 #18

Another subject for Ed to take on. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #2

Attaching a profit motive to human imprisonment woo me with science Sep 2013 #3

Yes, it IS evil, pure evil. It totally makes a mockery of our so-called 'judicial system'. sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #9

Yes, this is the kicker in this sort of thing. djean111 Sep 2013 #4

If we don't give them the money obxhead Sep 2013 #7

Just like small-town cops with traffic ticket quotas. KamaAina Sep 2013 #5

And the Private Prison Corps . . . FairWinds Sep 2013 #6

Whoever elected to privatized prisons should get life without parole FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #10

How about we cancel their contract instead? Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #11

What a racket malaise Sep 2013 #12

any democrat who votes for privatized prisons deserves to be booted from the party nt msongs Sep 2013 #13

A pox on those who advocate for privatizing public assets. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2013 #14

Screw them and their fees! It's a free market! Roland99 Sep 2013 #15

Fill them up with CCA executives and shareholders. Fuddnik Sep 2013 #16

You win. Brigid Sep 2013 #24

This is the best reason not to deal with private prisons Jack Rabbit Sep 2013 #17

You can't get any more immoral than this. DeSwiss Sep 2013 #19

Complete evil TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #20

"Food related crime" will soon fill 'em back up! stlsaxman Sep 2013 #21

I wonder if the Bastille was a private prison. Brigid Sep 2013 #26

Oh, debtor's prisons are making a comeback, too. TDale313 Sep 2013 #27

Sheer, unadulterated evil. jsr Sep 2013 #22

Private citizens demand that these hellholes be closed. Immediately. Brigid Sep 2013 #23

That's sick. Solly Mack Sep 2013 #25

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2013 #28

The criminals running these corporate rackets deserve incarceration. Faryn Balyncd Sep 2013 #29

For a moment, I misread that as 'incineration' FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #31

This is bullshit, there should never be privitation of incarcaration gopiscrap Sep 2013 #30

OMG! Kicked and recommended.............nt Enthusiast Sep 2013 #32