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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by IX-103 on Friday June 17, 2022 @07:43PM (#31785902)
And that's why insurance should be illegal! If someone gets sick, then let them pay for it. They should have gotten exercise and lived right. If someone's house burns down, they should have fixed the wiring and known better than to have old appliances. Get in a car accident, you should since more carefully.

For that matter we should get rid of public police and fire departments. If someone wants that service they can pay for it themselves.

/s

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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by jjcon on Friday June 17, 2022 @09:32PM (#31786544)
Your comparison makes absolutely zero sense…
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by pastacacioepepe on Saturday June 18, 2022 @03:32AM (#31787938)
It's your understanding of the world that is very limited. Prisons are not a punitive system, they are public services like police and firefighters and so on.
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Re:US prison workers produce $11B worth of goods and service... by jjcon on Saturday June 18, 2022 @07:04PM (#31794609)
> Prisons are not a punitive system, they are public services like police and firefighters and so on.

What did I say that at all disagreed with prisons being a public service? No shit.

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