Profits: The American Slave Industry
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18168-what-do-you-do-when-you-no-longer-need-your-slaves-or-your-workers
Not a joke. Not a metaphor. Slavery. Flat out. In this country. Today. Supported by the government and flourishing right under our radar. Putting wage earners out of work, and creating a better environment for business to make profits off of the free sweat of American workers. A circular system that puts more people at risk of succumbing to the Great American Slave Trade. I'm not talking about so-called "wage slaves". I'm talking about slavery. The forced labor of more and more human beings without compensation. It has a definite ripple effect on "wage-slaves" as well.
It started in force in the 1980's and has accelerated ever since. It is the way of the future. And it's going to get you one way or another, if it hasn't already.
I've written about it in earlier posts. Create more prisoners, suppress wages, create higher unemployment. Find more reasons to lock up more people. And "legal" minimum wage becomes...zero.
"From the beginning of America until 1980, the incarceration rate in America remained fairly steady. While Nixon declaring his war on drugs in 1971 did slightly increase incarceration in the United States, the increase was nothing drastic.
But then Reagan came to Washington, and his buddies realized they could make a buck off of unemployed Americans.
The nation’s incarceration rate took off like a rocket.
Thanks to Reagan elevating profit to a religion, between 1980 and 2009, the state and federal prison population in the U.S. increased by over 700 percent."
Among the many reasons to consider Ronald Reagan the most damaging president to the American dream, the one thing we all overlooked, was the one thing his legacy should be most seen as: the redemption of the American Slave Trade.
Not the metaphor. The real thing.
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/modern-american-slaves-private-prisons.html
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/prison-slavery-one-more-issue-voting.html
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/teabags-prisons-slavery-and-schools.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=147090942122953
And more:
"According to the Left Business Observer, “the federal prison industry produces 100 percent of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93 percent of paints and paintbrushes; 92 percent of stove assembly; 46 percent of body armor; 36 percent of home appliances; 30 percent of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21 percent of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.”
When you can get that kind of labor for less than a dollar a day, it’s hard to see the government’s motivation for incarcerating fewer people. And it’s all done at the taxpayer’s expense."
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21694-shocking-facts-about-americas-for-profit-prison-industry
CCA is at it again. More profits by cornering the market on parole programs and half-way houses. Can anyone say "Conflict of interest"?:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/wal-mart-model-not-just-retail-now-its-private-prisons-too
McDonald's, Victoria's Secret, WalMart, and others all benefit from prison slave labor.
"
Prison labor in the United States is referred to as insourcing. Under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), employers receive a tax credit of $2,400 for every work-release inmate they employ as a reward for hiring “risky target groups.”
The workers are not only cheap labor, but they are considered easier to control. They also?tend to be African-American males. Companies are free to avoid providing benefits like health insurance or sick days. They also don’t need to worry about unions, demands for vacation time, raises or family issues."
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37470-unpaid-labor-in-texas-prisons-is-modern-day-slavery
Not a joke. Not a metaphor. Slavery. Flat out. In this country. Today. Supported by the government and flourishing right under our radar. Putting wage earners out of work, and creating a better environment for business to make profits off of the free sweat of American workers. A circular system that puts more people at risk of succumbing to the Great American Slave Trade. I'm not talking about so-called "wage slaves". I'm talking about slavery. The forced labor of more and more human beings without compensation. It has a definite ripple effect on "wage-slaves" as well.
It started in force in the 1980's and has accelerated ever since. It is the way of the future. And it's going to get you one way or another, if it hasn't already.
I've written about it in earlier posts. Create more prisoners, suppress wages, create higher unemployment. Find more reasons to lock up more people. And "legal" minimum wage becomes...zero.
"From the beginning of America until 1980, the incarceration rate in America remained fairly steady. While Nixon declaring his war on drugs in 1971 did slightly increase incarceration in the United States, the increase was nothing drastic.
But then Reagan came to Washington, and his buddies realized they could make a buck off of unemployed Americans.
The nation’s incarceration rate took off like a rocket.
Thanks to Reagan elevating profit to a religion, between 1980 and 2009, the state and federal prison population in the U.S. increased by over 700 percent."
Among the many reasons to consider Ronald Reagan the most damaging president to the American dream, the one thing we all overlooked, was the one thing his legacy should be most seen as: the redemption of the American Slave Trade.
Not the metaphor. The real thing.
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/modern-american-slaves-private-prisons.html
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/prison-slavery-one-more-issue-voting.html
http://realitybyalex.blogspot.com/2013/07/teabags-prisons-slavery-and-schools.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=147090942122953
And more:
"According to the Left Business Observer, “the federal prison industry produces 100 percent of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98 percent of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93 percent of paints and paintbrushes; 92 percent of stove assembly; 46 percent of body armor; 36 percent of home appliances; 30 percent of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21 percent of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.”
When you can get that kind of labor for less than a dollar a day, it’s hard to see the government’s motivation for incarcerating fewer people. And it’s all done at the taxpayer’s expense."
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21694-shocking-facts-about-americas-for-profit-prison-industry
CCA is at it again. More profits by cornering the market on parole programs and half-way houses. Can anyone say "Conflict of interest"?:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/wal-mart-model-not-just-retail-now-its-private-prisons-too
McDonald's, Victoria's Secret, WalMart, and others all benefit from prison slave labor.
"
Prison labor in the United States is referred to as insourcing. Under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), employers receive a tax credit of $2,400 for every work-release inmate they employ as a reward for hiring “risky target groups.”
The workers are not only cheap labor, but they are considered easier to control. They also?tend to be African-American males. Companies are free to avoid providing benefits like health insurance or sick days. They also don’t need to worry about unions, demands for vacation time, raises or family issues."
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37470-unpaid-labor-in-texas-prisons-is-modern-day-slavery
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