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Under current law, all physically able inmates who are not a security risk or have a health exception are required to work, either for UNICOR or at some other prison job. Inmates earn from US$0.23 per hour up to a maximum of US$1.15 per hour, and all inmates with court-ordered financial obligations must use at least 50% of this UNICOR income to satisfy those debts
Slavery never stopped. It just changed form.
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And now the ‘chains’ are on our minds.
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So we have.
“Struggle is a never ending process; Freedom is never really ‘won.’ We must earn it and win it in every generation.”
~ paraphrased from Coretta Scott King.
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Perfect. Just Perfect.
They also make all of the US military dogtags, ammo belts, helmets and body armour.
So what is really “supporting the troops”?
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Land of the free. Home of the brave.
Or so I’ve been told.
They might be unorthodox uses of ‘free’ and ‘brave.’
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At least most of the Flags aren’t being “Made in China” anymore.
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