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Greg McDonald-3 wrote: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18sun3.html > > Arizona Goes Over the Edge > > Published: April 17, 2010 > > The Arizona Legislature has just stepped off the deep end of the > immigration debate, passing a harsh and mean-spirited bill that would > do little to stop illegal immigration. What it would do is lead to > more racial profiling, hobble local law enforcement, and open > government agencies to frivolous, politically driven lawsuits. > [...] > The Arizona bill is another reminder why the administration needs to > push for real immigration reform. The failure to address it nationally > has left the field wide open for this outrage, and we fear more to > come. One explanation is that the capitalists are afraid. Another is they seek to profit from it as well. Some aim to make a buck by filling their private. for-profit prisons with undocumented aliens who will have to somehow pay for their keep. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prisons http://www.abtassociates.com/reports/priv-report.pdf "Arizona May Turn Death Row Over to Private Companies" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/us/24prison.html There is no capitalist solution to this problem, mate, progressive or otherwise. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/-Marxism--Arizona-Goes-Over-the-Edge-tp28286687p28286730.html Sent from the Marxism mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com