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Some People Call This "The Invisible Hand of the Market"
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Some People Call This "The Invisible Hand of the Market"
I call it "corruption."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/stor...56689394/1

Quote:MIAMI (AP) – The U.S. is locking up more illegal immigrants than ever, generating lucrative profits for the nation's largest prison companies, and an Associated Press review shows the businesses have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying lawmakers and contributing to campaigns.

Quote:The industry's giants —Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group, and Management and Training Corp. — have spent at least $45 million combined on campaign donations and lobbyists at the state and federal level in the last decade

And, in retort they claim....

Quote:CCA and GEO, who manage most private detention centers, insist they aren't trying to influence immigration policy to make more money, and their lobbying and campaign donations have been legal.

Yeah... and if my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.
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Some People Call This "The Invisible Hand of the Market" - by Minimalist - August 3, 2012 at 4:07 pm

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