Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch View Post
Multiple Choice Question:

Which best spends the taxpayer's money?

1) Let government build the jail and run it

2) Let private industry be paid a fixed amount per prisoner, and build the jail and run it.
[[2) For sure, and in a heartbeat. But...worth considering that you put an inherent conflict of interest in which a party can profit with public policies that may prefer incarceration to rehabilitation -- regardless of efficacy -- for self-serving reasons. I'm not paranoid...but I'm saying to be careful.

In other news, the Freep reported today that they could fire the original contractor, as another contractor stated that they could still finish within original budget.