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Comment · 10 years ago
Uber is a a high-growth startup as you may be aware, and will far eclipse its 2015 revenue this year. Even so, comparing the revenues of the "massively profitable" prison company that's been around since 1983 with a single Silicon Valley startup that just got off the ground a few years ago is quite a stretch and a false equivalence.
Comment · 10 years ago
Teachers unions spent $20 million on the 2012 election alone, no doubt funding candidates who were friendly to their pensions. I can go down the line and list off several more trade unions and their political spending.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=l1300
Why is there seemingly not a peep about this from those who oppose the private prison complex?
Comment · 10 years ago
CCA spent $1 million per year. Apple spent $1.24 million in lobbying in three months. Facebook spent $2.44 million in three months. Microsoft spent $11 million on lobbying per year. Google spent $19 million on lobbying per year.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/04/22/apples-lobbying-co...
https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000011...
Comment · 10 years ago
The largest private for-profit prison (CCA) has $1.7 billion in revenue. Apple makes $233 billion in revenue. Exxon has $268 billion in revenue. Walmart makes $482 billion in revenue.