America has all the tools to solve its problems, but doesn't
know how to use them.
For example, factories are built overseas where wages are
lower. Why not build factories in our prisons, where wages
can be just as low as those paid overseas?
Think of it, a factory making toys could be set up in a
prison where one has no problem with getting the workers
to their posts, producing goods which are constantly
subject to safety checks, and where the transportation costs
from factory to warehouse would be far lower.
The prison inmates would offset the cost of their
incarceration, gain a few legal dollars, and more
importantly, skills.
They would learn how to operate in a work setting,
and as they became more adept, could be moved up
to management.
All the reasons why American companies should go overseas
have been dispensed with, all the reasons that the business
should remain have been emphasized.
Agriculture is another area which begs for the utilization
of Prisoners. Instead of having so many unfilled jobs which
provokes illegal immigration, gangs of prisoners could be
brought in, thus solving the food crisis.
The problem is in creative thinking, not in any logistics.
Convict Labor built parts of America; worked on farms,
roads, in mines; the reason this was abandoned was because
citizens needed the jobs.
As citizens of America are not doing these jobs, there can
be no outcry.
Imagine the fields in California being planted and reaped
by prisoners, meaning there were no jobs for Mexican
immigrants. Once there are no jobs, there is no reason
to cross the border.
China has become extremely wealthy by taking jobs from
Americans. The process is simple; have a big American
Company open a manufacturing plant, train local workers,
go on for a few years, then when the Chinese are ready,
dispatch the Americans, take over the factory, slap a
new name on the goods, and sell them cheaper than the
Americans did.
The American company might make a profit for a few years,
but then, once the Chinese take the factory, it will not
merely be loss, it will be put out of business.
Simply put if American Name Brand sells for $1000 and the
Chinese company which took over that American Name Brand
is producing the exact same thing with a Chinese Name and
selling it for $700, which would you buy?
If instead of going to China, the American Name Brand builds
a factory in the Prison, and prisoners are producing the
goods, then one can buy an American Name Brand for $650.
There is no downside.
