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It makes his point irrelevant; those workers' interests pale in comparison to that of the owning interests of those corporations. He presents unions as the sole

by scrod 15y ago

It makes his point irrelevant; those workers' interests pale in comparison to that of the owning interests of those corporations. He presents unions as the sole cause of the problem, which is not only intellectually deceitful, but quite incorrect. More importantly, it reveals an underlying agenda that needs to be challenged as strongly as possible in civic discourse. In fact, private prisons and unionized guards aren't even on the same side, due to the former hiring largely non-union labor. And the private prison industry has been growing and lobbying faster than ever: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/09/26/328486/us-private-prison-population-lobbying/?mobile=nc http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/09/26/328486/us-privat...

namdnay 15y ago
" He presents unions as the sole cause of the problem" - When did he do that?
- scrod 15y ago
  When he posted a comment in which he said essentially that, and in which he referenced a one-sided article that goes to extreme lengths to attack blue collar workers' retirement plans and their own collective efforts at bettering their economic self-interest. The point should be clear as day by now; if you can't extract the basic message and argument from his comment then you have no basis for inserting yourself into the debate. Please don't waste any more of my time.
  - Nate75Sanders 15y ago
    This was not my basic message at all. I'm here telling you this right now. They are a special interest group that promotes incarceration. There are others, as well. People are far more aware of private prisons than they are prison guard unions. I've known nasty things about private prisons for 10+ years. I found out about CCOPA and other similar entities in the past 1-2. As stated earlier, I was simply presenting something that I figured people here likely hadn't seen. You're too emotional to reason with, I'm afraid. I'm done.
    - scrod 15y ago
      I call the libertarian astroturfers as I see them. If you don't want to be mistaken for one then don't spout their talking points.

by scrod 15y ago

namdnay 15y ago

" He presents unions as the sole cause of the problem" - When did he do that?

scrod 15y ago
When he posted a comment in which he said essentially that, and in which he referenced a one-sided article that goes to extreme lengths to attack blue collar workers' retirement plans and their own collective efforts at bettering their economic self-interest. The point should be clear as day by now; if you can't extract the basic message and argument from his comment then you have no basis for inserting yourself into the debate. Please don't waste any more of my time.
- Nate75Sanders 15y ago
  This was not my basic message at all. I'm here telling you this right now. They are a special interest group that promotes incarceration. There are others, as well. People are far more aware of private prisons than they are prison guard unions. I've known nasty things about private prisons for 10+ years. I found out about CCOPA and other similar entities in the past 1-2. As stated earlier, I was simply presenting something that I figured people here likely hadn't seen. You're too emotional to reason with, I'm afraid. I'm done.
  - scrod 15y ago
    I call the libertarian astroturfers as I see them. If you don't want to be mistaken for one then don't spout their talking points.