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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    The latest data I found came from the Bureau of Justice Statistics from 2016. Due to some prison reforms the total prison population has declined since 2010 from 1,613,803 to 1,506,757 in 2016 (87% of those are in state prisons).

    9% of federal and state prisoners were in privately operated facilities in 2016 down 800 prisoners (2%) from 2015. This includes nonsecure community corrections centers and home confinement.

    https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p16.pdf
    And the states that allow it have a greater percentage that the 9 . Many states do not allow it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Does that mean it used to be great? If so, when did it stop?
    When we started to give huge tax breaks again and again to corporations and the wealthy exacerbating the wealth gap, like never before. They essentially got the money that went to skilled workers and the middle class for themselves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash View Post
    Does that mean it used to be great? If so, when did it stop?
    America peaked during WW2,was great for whites in the 50's.
    Started a slow steady decline since the 70's.
    Tie Your 'roo down Mate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    When we started to give huge tax breaks again and again to corporations and the wealthy exacerbating the wealth gap, like never before. They essentially got the money that went to skilled workers and the middle class for themselves.
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    It certain American people decided that self-respect was preferable to worshipping a fat, stupid, incompetent bully-boy, there'd be no question about when and what was 'great'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    When we started to give huge tax breaks again and again to corporations and the wealthy exacerbating the wealth gap, like never before. They essentially got the money that went to skilled workers and the middle class for themselves.
    I'm not sure I get the connection. The workers got their pay from the employer which was not effected by how much the wealthy paid the government in taxes.

    In 1964 the average hourly wage was $20.27. In 2018 it was $22.65 adjusted for inflation.

    Wage growth increased at a slow pace but total employer costs (overtime, benefits such as health insurance, paid leave, retirement contributions) increased 22.5% since 2001. [U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics].

    None of these costs came from taxes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Generic419 View Post
    America peaked during WW2,was great for whites in the 50's.
    Started a slow steady decline since the 70's.
    How are you measuring "greatness"?

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