Govenor Gary Johnson Questioned on Private Prison System

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[IcyScythe]

@LogicalFlawDetector What? I only was talking about the prison system which is not really part of the free market since the "customers" don't have a choice about it and don't benefit from competition.

[chrlpolk]

@LogicalFlawDetector However you want to spin it, where is the competition factor in the scenario?  How are private prisons comparable to the free market when there is one customer and no competition?

Your failure to grasp common sense is, well, pretty typical for someone who would arrogantly use the monicker of "logical flaw detector" to lob insults at strangers on Youtube.

[LogicalFlawDetector]

Saying the drug war should be ended before privatizing prisons is tantamount to saying the U.S. should end all wars overseas and until then all defense contractors should be nationalized.

[LogicalFlawDetector]

@IcyScythe

Defense contractors, automobile manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, energy firms, etc.,--all want the government to purchase their services and have an incentive to lobby. Are you calling for the complete nationalization of the commanding heights of the economy?

[LogicalFlawDetector]

@chrlpolk

Your analogy is as much of a failure as your ability to grasp Johnson's argument. Prisoners aren't the analogue to consumers in the market for private prisoners. The consumer of the service is the state government in this case. The government is the sole monopsony. 

[grawss]

@MrJeremiahxlewis The president can indeed repeal the War on Drugs. The Attorney General is part of the executive branch and can remove or add substances to the controlled substances list without needing to go through congress.

[schulwitz]

When you adopt the minarchist position, you are advocating for a government which has a monopoly on regulated violence. If you allow the government to demonopolize and outsource that violence to private corporations or individuals, you abdicate the foundational principle of minarchism in favor of fascistic opportunism and efficiency.

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Does anyone know where I can find Ron Paul's position on this issue?

[LawrenceAugust]

@john639 Watch this video, here on YouTube-- "DRUG WAR PROFITEERING 101"

[chrlpolk]

@john639 Prisons don't have "consumers". They have prisoners. The prisoners are not given the choice of a competing prison. Government alone makes law and government alone carries out law; there is no free market for penal systems.

[theUSER101]

I'm confused if the person commenting is against Gary or not. Gary is a libertarian so he wants to end the war on drugs.