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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)101. Clinton represents the culture that has brought us Prisons For Profits.
She accepts their "campaign" money and has long supported strong drug laws and the reduction of welfare help for the poor.
No matter what she says she will never ask Goldman-Sachs to pay for any social justice issues.
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Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC [View all]
Waiting For Everyman
Feb 2016
OP
It is. There are some who don't give a damn and to think that this is true is disheartening. Thank
roguevalley
Feb 2016
#6
That is why there will not be those FEMA concentration camps unless of course they are run
LiberalArkie
Feb 2016
#32
It wouldn't be nearly as important, if it wasn't for Clinton WH's War on Drugs, mass incarceration
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#40
Anyone who supports private fro-profit prisons has no place in the Democratic Party.
seaotter
Feb 2016
#52
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC that endorsed Clinton also gets for-profit prison money.
arcane1
Feb 2016
#55
I don't like these prisons, but don't have a problem with liberals serving on Boards.
Hoyt
Feb 2016
#56
Political pull via campaign donations so the politicians they own vote to make everything illegal,
Ikonoklast
Feb 2016
#82
Very disappointing and troubling. I feel the private prison industry is a disgrace, but
MerryBlooms
Feb 2016
#67