We could at least make some money off of the prison system if we took the 13th Amendment to heart. Make them do some kind of profitable labor for either the prison or the Government.

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"It is the Right of the People to alter or abolish the Government"
Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman