If they were going to violate the rules, they at least could have used the money to build schools.
I wrote about Alabama's plan to use $400 million in Covid relief funds to construct three new prisons, which should violate Treasury guidelines on how Covid funds may be spent. But the Treasury also said it won't necessarily enforce those guidelines. neverleave.substack.com/p/al…

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Why educate young people when you can incarcerate them for profit?
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No sense in educating the chattel.
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Prisons? ... If the funds were used as they were intended ... perhaps there would be fewer desperate people stealing Bread from Grocery Stores to feed their family!
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There’s more money in prisons…
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Slave labor is more profitable than working class schools.
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Because education industrial complex isn’t a thing
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#TaxTheRich and #getyourmoneyback to guarantee great schools, clean water, and more money in your pockets! You are owed 40 years of back pay.
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... Well... no. The system needs prisons. Educated electorate is counter productive. This is axiomatic Marianne.
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Seriously- but after all it’s Alabama.
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