jl250 t1_is65c78 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Reply to comment by cC2Panda in Bodega owners band together with $50K fund to help shops recoup losses after looting by NYY657545

Make them work in prison and give any profits generated to the small business owners for their losses.

Labiologie t1_iufymty wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:53 AM

That’s slavery.

SpikeMahogany t1_is80f39 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:34 PM

Profits? This is only beneficial to areas lacking an econony to begin with....states with strong labor markets sound suffer fromh cheap prison labor in the long run....

However it is better if they are making items the jails needs anyway it's cheaper than buying it from a govt contract .

C_bells t1_isadfxw wrote on October 14, 2022 at 1:43 PM

That would mean regulating corporations which is something we don’t do in Ronald Reagan’s beautiful free market America

Edit to clarify: Prisons are businesses. Also corporations are the ones using prison labor. So, good luck telling them that they have to essentially use their prison labor for something specific.

Artguy_nyc t1_iti9nmr wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:04 PM

What’s your alternative solution to free market?

C_bells t1_itktxv1 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:57 AM

A regulated market.

A free market is not a static thing. We don’t have a 100% free market right now. It’s a gradient.

Imo, free markets can get quite ugly without enough regulation. For instance, right now many hospitals are shutting down their pediatric wards because they just aren’t as profitable as adult medicine.

Our healthcare system in general is a good example.

Aside from that, wealth inequality is just getting bad. Sure, we can let it get worse until it leads to a revolution where a ton of people die and cities burn, but we could also just tax the ultra rich or even have a maximum wage like we did pre-Reagan.

Anyway, that’s what I mean.

Artguy_nyc t1_iti9uci wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Love to know what that is, and more so where have you seen evidence of it’s success. I’ll be eagerly awaiting a realistic response

C_bells t1_itlmc1r wrote on October 24, 2022 at 3:37 PM

>Love to know what that is

What *what* is?

And the success of what exactly? The success of regulating corporations?