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AZJonnie

(1,255 posts)

6. Because Work Will Set Them Free!

Reply to EarthAbides (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 01:42 PM

Saturday

Work at the local farms and ranches, in their orange suits, in exchange for 10 bucks at the commissary a day. These locals complaining will probably change their tune once they realize why the prisoners are really there and how cheap their labor is.

Hopefully just a slip of the tongue if the governor actually said 'better citizens' when he was actually talking about a group who, by definition, are supposed to be NON-citizens.