[mouse1]

We’ve got 90 million working-age Americans NOT working now.

America incurs massive debt for the huge nanny-state to encourage people NOT to work and employers NOT to hire. Fix that first.

and we have many more in minimum security jails that could do this work

[jessduntno]

“We’ve got 90 million working-age Americans NOT working now.”

We also have a huge teenage population that doesn’t know a goddam thing about working and saving for their own car, buying their own gas, having their own possessions.

We’re screwed right there. This is where the Pajama boys come from...like working is a dirty word. Maynard G Krebs...”WORK!!!”

[Cronos]

Putting prisoners to do this — AND paying them is a good idea. They will be able to pay for their stay in prison and they would have a purpose and they would be able to save for their lives outside prison.