Reply #15: it's more than just the unionmembers protesting

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The builders & operators of the privatized prison system (KBR, etc) have a lot of money to lobby for expansion of the system. Since they are represented in Washington and we are not, our elected representatives spend more of our tax money to build more prisons. You don't want to pay for empty prisons, so you incarcerate more people. It's like money in the bank, if you're represented properly.

We should release everyone in prison on pot charges and replace them with all the criminals in Washington and those bankers who have robbed the American taxpayer blind for the last 8 years.