Most lawmakers view the prospect of moving prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to their districts as a negative proposition. But at least one Democratic senator is open to the idea as a potential economic boost to his struggling state.
Michigan’s Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told CQ Politics that construction and staffing at a new maximum-security prison could help his cash-starved state.
“If the governor and the local officials are open to it, that’s something that should be considered,” Levin said.
Former Michigan Gov. John Engler, a Republican, suggested this month that creating a “Guantanamo North” in the Upper Peninsula could net the state upward of $1 billion per year.
The Buzz says those detainees will prefer waterboarding after enduring an Upper Peninsula winter. KANSAS CITY NEWS
If they could now just figure out how to imprison 25% of the US Population, just think of how big of a boom that would be. It could be just welfare recipients, the elderly, and political dissenters to start. Then I am sure there will be a way to get the rest if needed.
ReplyDeleteGeorgia seems to be a leader here. Last month the figures were released state by state on population per how many were in jail or on probation. Georgia won out with 1 in 13. The attorneys and courts must be booming in Georgia.
One thing concerns me though. I always heard those Chinese were smart cookies. But something must be wrong over there. They only have 3 out of 100,000 in jail. Why are they so backwards?
Ah, you know now that those Chinese are chasing after western ways, I am sure they will catch up with us when more attorneys breed and increase in numbers over there in a hundred years or so. Then they can be booming on their prison population also.