Subject: Re: [drugwar] Death by herbicide Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:58:48 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong I think I've answered all this , but ... On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:26:28 -0400, Elmer Elevator wrote: >=A0-----Original Message----- >=A0From: Bob Armstrong > No company can prosecute >=A0a drug war . No company can imprison people . =A0All - all - a= business can >=A0do is meet a market of goods or services desired by potential= customers . > >=A0=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=A0In fact on a huge scale, private corporations do build and= operate prisons >=A0*** UNDER CONTRACT *** > with state governments all over the USA, chief among them >=A0Wackenhut and Corrections Corporation of America. I mentioned Avalon , a small cap , but great growth . >=A0Moreover, these corporations are huge political contributors= and hugely >=A0influential lobbyists in statehouses and Congress. Yep . Salesmen do all sorts of things to win sales , and the= Government is THE market in FORCE . >=A0Then there are the other non-government influences. In= California, the >=A0largest single contributor to political campaigns is the= corrections >=A0officers' union -- and their strident lobbying is always= against >=A0criminal-justice reform and for more felonies and longer= sentences. Yep . And they're unions - workers united . How can they do bad= ? >=A0It's simply blind to think that government alone has the sole= responsibility >=A0for our Gulag. Government wants and loves it this way, but= they're being >=A0constantly rewarded by corporations and prison guard unions. And constantly reward the corporations and unions . It is the= Government that takes the money and writes the checks . All of us are bombarded by all sorts of sales pitches all the= time . I live in free T shirts and caps . Doesn't mean I buy . The Government could Just Say No . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Looking at Roebling's catenaries out my window .