RE: Private Prison Complex receives terrible news.
August 19, 2016 at 2:21 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2016 at 2:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 19, 2016 at 11:08 am)Minimalist Wrote: Don't expect them to take this lying down. I'm sure that checks are being written to the republicunt party so that they can get more corporate loving scumbags in office to reverse this decision.
At present the checks have been written to all sides, at all levels of government. Considering that Clinton's platform supposedly takes a stand against private prisons (which she has a long history of supporting..and which has handsomely supported her), and the improbability of a President Donald...I'd worry more about -those- checks. They've been purchasing access, it's difficult to imagine that they don't intend to use what they've already payed for...and the Clinton campaign has -incompetently- tried to sweep this under the rug by refunding only the smallest and most visible of these contributions.
Old news.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-...ity-218524
Quote:Despite the refunds, Clinton campaign continues to benefit handsomely from the fundraising assistance of some closely connected to the private prison business. In another report filed Sunday night, the campaign disclosed that Richard Sullivan of Capitol Counsel—until recently, a Raleigh, N.C.-based federally registered lobbyist for the for-profit prison operator GEO Group—bundled $69,363 in donations for Clinton in the fourth quarter, bringing his total for the year to a whopping $274,891.
That makes Sullivan the second-most prolific lobbyist-bundler for the Clinton campaign, beaten out only by D.C. lobbyist Heather Podesta, who's tallied up $348,581 so far.
More recently, and maybe you believe in coincidences...but.....
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/08/1...materials/
Quote:Private prison operator GEO Group, hoping to assuage investors after a stock drop Thursday, said that the Department of Justice had opted to renew a contract for one of its prisons. Shares jumped 11% to $21.61 premarket.
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