Going to Prison...hopefully Velious will be released when I return.

[timhutton]

BRB U.S. economy is in the gutter, gotta go steal some cash from the trailer park to buy some crack with

Damn murica, making life so hard

#realsociety

[Bantam 1]

Originally Posted by pharmakos [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages...payer-dollars/

American companies that once looked to places like Mexico and China for cheap labor are bringing those jobs back to the U.S. Why? Because prison labor is much, much cheaper. Paid between 93¢ and $4.73 per day, and collecting no benefits, prisoners are a cheap labor source for about 100 companies (source).

What does this have to do with you?

If you have insurance, invest, use utilities, have a bank, drive a car, send a child to school, go to a dentist, call service centers, fly on planes, take prescription drugs, or use paper, you might be benefiting from prison labor.

If you’ve bought products by or from Starbucks, Nintendo, Victoria’s Secret, JC Penney, Sears, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Eddie Bauer, Wendy’s, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Fruit of the Loom, Motorola, Caterpiller, Sara Lee, Quaker Oats, Mary Kay, or Microsoft, you are part of this system.

When prisoners are in state and federal prisons, the U.S. taxpayer is subsidizing low wages and corporate profits, since they are paying for prisoners’ room, board, and health care. When prisoners are in private prisons, prison labor is a way to make more money off of the human beings caught in the corrections industry. In other words, prison labor is an efficient way for corporations to continue to increase their profits without sharing those gains with their employees.

I don't know if I see a problem here. Personally I prefer that they did things for the public good, but at least they are making some people money instead of doing nothing.

I also don't buy the "stuck in the system" stuff.

[pharmakos]

supposedly there are lobbyists from the major corporations trying to pull strings in washington so that there will be more and cheaper labor available in prisons.

some conspiracy theorists even believe that the war on drugs is just a secret way to increase profits for prisons.

[abacab-winner]

Originally Posted by timhutton [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

BRB U.S. economy is in the gutter, gotta go steal some cash from the trailer park to buy some crack with

Damn murica, making life so hard

#realsociety

You're so dumb, that you forget the economy works two ways.

It's not people that go "oh man economy is bad better smoke crack" it's corporations that go "can't afford minimum wage (lol) better hire prisoners for $0.06 a day!" so big time corporate lobbyists spend millions on state campaigns strengthening misdemeanor laws on the books to have some sort of mandatory sentence.

[timhutton]

Originally Posted by abacab-winner [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're so dumb, that you forget the economy works two ways.

It's not people that go "oh man economy is bad better smoke crack" it's corporations that go "can't afford minimum wage (lol) better hire prisoners for $0.06 a day!" so big time corporate lobbyists spend millions on state campaigns strengthening misdemeanor laws on the books to have some sort of mandatory sentence.

Funnily enough, no I can completely acknowledge that. Private prisons in particular are a joke. However it still comes down to a simple-to-understand easy fucking formula.

Don't break the law, you won't end up in jail. It doesn't matter whether or not you agree with the law or what the law means, breaking it means you're a criminal. Criminals deserve consequences.

People cannot just walk around breaking laws and then go "fuck it's not my fault, the system is broken". Shitheads need to accept responsibility.

Breaking the law is breaking the law.

[abacab-winner]

Originally Posted by timhutton [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Funnily enough, no I can completely acknowledge that. Private prisons in particular are a joke. However it still comes down to a simple-to-understand easy fucking formula.

Don't break the law, you won't end up in jail. It doesn't matter whether or not you agree with the law or what the law means, breaking it means you're a criminal. Criminals deserve consequences.

People cannot just walk around breaking laws and then go "fuck it's not my fault, the system is broken". Shitheads need to accept responsibility.

Breaking the law is breaking the law.

I support breaking unjust laws and if jurors knew what nullification is and applied it in terms of unjust laws it'd be no problem.

[pharmakos]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience

[SNIPERS]

Originally Posted by timhutton [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Funnily enough, no I can completely acknowledge that. Private prisons in particular are a joke. However it still comes down to a simple-to-understand easy fucking formula.

Don't break the law, you won't end up in jail. It doesn't matter whether or not you agree with the law or what the law means, breaking it means you're a criminal. Criminals deserve consequences.

People cannot just walk around breaking laws and then go "fuck it's not my fault, the system is broken". Shitheads need to accept responsibility.

Breaking the law is breaking the law.

I respect your opinion and each man is entitled to their own. Its easy to make a quick judgement about the majority of 'criminals' when you haven't walked a pair in their shoes. Maybe you are living a normal life, had money for an education, and have a normal job...that's how your story goes. I'm not making excuses for myself or anyone else. I am responsible for my actions and knew of the consequences, but not everyone was dealt the same hand and sometimes people have to make something out of a forced hand. Also maybe you never tasted easy money before and how easy it is to get caught up in it. Yes the majority of the 'criminals' are uneducated by society's standards, but that doesn't make them Shitheads. Half the criminals in prison are decent people who just made a mistake and have to pay...least thats what I think I am.

[SamwiseRed]

first, didnt know snipers was lion but it makes sense now

second, hope this is a troll, if not good luck bro. id flip the fuck out if i was locked up, the thought of not being able to do what i want, when i want makes my stomach turn.

edit: i was in the army and that was prison enough ( i know not even close but still) had anymore of my freedoms been taken away, i would have gone crazy.

[Era'viss]

Just to be safe, it's time to make a solid investment before you enter lock-up.
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