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Let's not forget prison guard unions, which unsurprisingly spend vast sums of money on lobbyists to push "tough on crime" agendas (which, not so coincidentally,

• ufmace 10y ago
  That's what makes me really cynical about all this. Injustice in the legal system for the lower-classes is a hobby-horse of the Left these days. So naturally, they rail endlessly about private prisons, which are a tiny part of the overall legal system - 16% of prisoners overall, lack of money for public defenders, etc. Yet look at who some of the Democrat party backers are: unions, especially prison guard and police, and lawyers. So naturally, they ignore the parts of the problem caused by their base, and just happen to recommend solutions that will be good for other parts of their base. Makes you wonder how much they really care. I suppose if you asked a honest Democrat bigwig, they'd say something like they're just focusing on the problems that are practical to fix right now, and they can't fix everything at once because they need the support of these other groups to be able to accomplish anything at all.
  • philwelch 10y ago
    Prison guards are under the umbrella of law enforcement, and no one crosses the law enforcement unions. Even Scott Walker, who made his name busting public sector unions, didn't go after police unions.