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title: "I see a lot of articles from liberals complaining about private…"
date: 2019-06-08
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type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# I see a lot of articles from liberals complaining about private…

*June 8, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions/](https://reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions/){target="_blank"}
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I see a lot of articles from liberals complaining about private prison companies. Yet government prisons house 92% of all prisoners. And lobbying dollars spent by police and prison guard unions dwarf the amounts spent by private prison companies:\
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\"The California prison guards union, for example, poured millions of dollars to influence policy in California alone---it spent \$22 million on campaign donations since 1989, more than CCA and GEO have combined, and continues to push for prison expansions. The National Fraternal Order of Police, meanwhile, spent \$5 million on lobbying efforts since 1989, more than GEO did. That\'s not to mention the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, which includes a \"Corrections Union\" and lobbies on behalf of all kinds of policies that seek to turn citizens into revenue sources for public employees. They\'ve spent \$187 million on campaign donations since 1989, making a far stronger case to be labeled the biggest lobby nobody\'s talking about than private prisons.\"\
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[https://reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions/](https://reason.com/2015/06/02/are-for-profit-prisons-or-public-unions/){target="_blank"}\
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I wonder what would incentivize liberals to advocate for government prison reform as much as they advocate for private prison reform?
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