re: #111 Obdicut

You make the mistake of assuming the inefficiencies are accidental. The prison industry is huge, and its benefits are two fold. Mainly rural areas are given a primary employer, and the government keeps unemployed numbers down. They also provide cheap labor in many cases. Government isn’t so much inefficient, it just has different goals than many of us assume. Remove the federal government from the economy(as a market player, not regulator or creator) and it all comes crashing down rather quickly. Keeping as many people employed either directly or indirectly through $5,000 toilet seats is no accident.