11-03-2015, 08:44 PM
(11-03-2015, 08:28 PM)Benton Wrote: Probably the same way with the prison industry, outsourced labor, etc. Someone makes a large check at the top as his thanks for putting a large check into a lawmaker pocket. Then he hires a bunch of labor at half the rate it makes doing the same work elsewhere.
It's part of the mindset that has our economy stinking and unable to move forward, the leftover trickle down theory. Pay the majority of people less and a few people more, and that will result in all people spending more. Some how.
From what I have read there are limited studies comparing private vs. government run prisons. If someone states one is cheaper or more efficient than the other they are doing so without evidence. In my experience, civilian contractors are almost always more expensive than a government employee.
