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> what if private prisons were paid a portion of the tax revenue their released prisoners produced? That is a wonderful idea! However... what is the typical t

> what if private prisons were paid a portion of the tax revenue their released prisoners produced? That is a wonderful idea! However... what is the typical tax amount a, say, mc donald's cachier is expected to pay? The number might be just to low... https://bizfluent.com/info-7890463-tax-rates-minimum-wage.html https://bizfluent.com/info-7890463-tax-rates-minimum-wage.ht... (apparently, around 2000 US per year...) also, an inmate seems to cost around 33k a year to keep imprisoned

ALittleLight 5y ago
Could be a "whichever is greater" where one choice is the difference between what the government would expect to pay per year for a former convict all up and what they do pay for a particular convict, and the other choice is the tax revenue share.
SturgeonsLaw 5y ago
This gives the prison operators an incentive to train the incarcerated for higher paying jobs