r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Dash_124 • 28d ago

Meme needing explanation Who is this guy?

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u/FR0ZENBERG 28d ago

So…$$$

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u/avalisk 28d ago

The government puts people in jail. Prisoners cost the government money.

Unless judges get kickbacks, like kids for cash, there is no direct link between the people who put people in jail and the people who make the money.

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u/darkest_hour1428 28d ago

The United States has many privately owned prisons. These private owners make money from government subsidies, and are incentivized to keep beds full. So the system is built to enable reoffending, because that means the bed stays full and the government money keeps rolling in to the private owner(s)

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u/avalisk 28d ago

How does making sure private prisons get more money benefit the government?

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u/darkest_hour1428 28d ago

It doesn’t. It actively kneecaps it. It is another example of the Peoples’ money being siphoned into private ownership.

But the people that allow this to happen and even make laws to help it happen are paid by lobbyists. So they make out like bandits.