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Well, in DC policy circles, the presumed arbiter of what constitutes "free markets" or "economic freedom": http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking http://www.her
by crdoconnor 11y ago
Well, in DC policy circles, the presumed arbiter of what constitutes "free markets" or "economic freedom":
http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking
Is very much in favor of private prisons (and, consequently, $10/min phone calls):
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1988/05/bg650-a-guide-to-prison-privatization http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1988/05/bg650-a-gui...
- whatok 11y agoI wonder if their view has changed over the almost 30 years since that research report was published.
- crdoconnor 11y agoIf anything they seem to have gotten more rabid: http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2000/10/the-lefts-prison-complex-the-case-against-the-case-against-jail http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2000/10/the-left...
- whatok 11y agoI wonder if their viewpoint has changed since the more than decade and a half since that article was published. Is it that hard to find something current if it's so fundamental to your argument?
- wutbrodo 11y ago> the presumed arbiter of what constitutes "free markets" or "economic freedom" This assumption is ludicrous. I can't even imagine the thought process that would lead you to think that that makes any sense. Being the loudest proponent of your vision of a concept doesn't make you a good arbiter of what constitutes it: in fact it makes you a terrible one. Not that I have as low an opinion of Heritage as I do of them, but do you think the Westboro Baptist Church is the "presumed arbiter" of what constitutes Christianity, simply because they shout the loudest about God?
- crdoconnor 11y agoWestboro are not taken seriously in DC policy circles. Heritage are taken very seriously.