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To: fieldmarshaldj

Since you cannot understand the deeper meaning of the
post, I’ll explain it to you. (sigh... expecting more than superficial understanding; what was I thinking)

Prison labor is essentially free labor... and no one can compete with free labor. Furthermore, now that the door have been opened, no farmer can compete with those that use the free labor, so in order to stay in business, all the Alabama farmers will have to switch. Which will lead to a shortage of prisoners. That will then tempt Alabama to increase their number of prisoners... by legislating new criminal laws.

You come across as having no problem with that. I do.

(note: I think illegal immigration is bad for farmers as it is very similar to the above situation... and the cheap labor retards the development of farming automation. That said, you don’t seem to see that prison labor is an even more extreme version of what was existing with the illegals.)


87 posted on 10/09/2011 9:52:00 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

Hey, bro, you were the first to throw out the Nazi reference. You know what that usually means with internet “arguments.” I think you’d be hard-pressed to find folks around here agitating for more criminal laws to increase the supply of inmate labor. I’m personally not sold on “supplying” inmates for private-sector labor. If they are to be utilized, let it be for such activities as roadwork, highway beautification, et al. Work that the state is responsible for.


89 posted on 10/09/2011 10:15:32 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
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