Home Depot laying off 1000 people!!!!

[ralph00]

Quote from wiesman02:

Unfortunately, there's a lot of gov't jobs that you can't cut. For example, I'm a federal correctional officer in a prison at the moment. You really can't lay me off, b/c you'd be endangering the safety of the other officers by not having enough supporting staff to supervise. Many other federal LEO's are teh same way.

Are you serious? Whether your job can be cut or not is pretty meaningless (and do be aware, it can be cut). Its your benefits package/pension that are the real killers and are bankrupting our society. Your union and the government that it owns can prop this ponzi scheme up only so long and then you'll be just like those GM workers and steel company workers who finally realize that the organization that's been promising them these golden benefits for working for 20 years is now bankrupt.

 

[Mercor]

Quote from Debaser82:

Privatising prisons only leads to higher incarceration rates which is probably why the US today has a higher incarceration rate than the rest of the world combined!

This is the reason crime has been cut in half since the 1980's

 

[AK100]

Quote from BSAM:

Some of you don't seem to understand. Prisons is one of the biggest industries in America. Think about it. Tied in with construction, food service, medical community, the "criminal justice system" (what a joke); there are megabucks involved.

Which is why the 'drugs war' is a sham. There's no war, it's just an illusion as illegal drugs are great for legitimate businesses, ie private jails, law enforcement jobs (private and govt), weapon sales, the list is endless.