Modern Day Slavery In The United States

       From the cotton fields of the South From the  early sixteen hundreds to 2011 slavery has survived.

In fact it is my belief that slavery never left the U.S.; it just took on  another form. We have been economic slaves for decades. Instead of staying in the Master's Cabin for free, we pay the Master to live there then give him all our money after laboring in his fields, factories, and offices making him rich. Many of us have had to live from pay check to pay check.

                      The growing movement in the United States is the Prison Industrial Complex. Small towns in rural America are hungry for new prisons to to help boost there economy. This almost free labour is a tremendous asset to a struggling community. Jobs money and industrial productivity. If the inmate population is counted with the citizens, this means more state funding based on the total census.

      Pennsylvania cut the budget for Schools by 15% while increasing the budget for new prisons by 20%.

    If our children can't get a good education, they increase their chances for going to prison. These new prisons need more prisoners. Where are they going to get the supply.  Three strikes and your out, drugs, economic crimes, false arrest and even the slightest infraction of the law.  Some politician wants to lock up aggressive beggars as well as some homeless folks. That would certainly increase the supply of needed slaves. The United States has more people in prison per capita then any other nation. This country believes in incarceration as much as it did slavery in the past. With the computer age upon us and Technology running rampant . The industrial jobs of the past no longer exist. The NAFTA deal has given many jobs to people outside the country. So massive unemployment which lends itself to crime is a prime motivator of prison recruits. This is by no means and excuse for crime. Citizens must exercise their responsibility for obeying the law, however it could very well be a reason.  Jail pays its inmates slave wages for their work. The jails have been overcrowded for years and still growing. If there is a massive civil disobedience in this country thousands could got to jail or detention centers. There could literally be in explosion of incarcerated citizens.
  There use to be a saying that crime does not pay, but in the United States crime is big business.
      The judicial system has Judges, Lawyers, court employees, Police, Prison Correctional Staff
etc.  They must be paid. Crime contributes greatly to the economy of the U.S..  If we eliminate crime who would be the first to loose their jobs.
 Of course that won't happen but...can you imagine how many people would be out of work as well as opportunist not being able to line their pockets. The war on drugs was suppose to have a dramatic affect on on the drug traffic. Drugs have not ceased. A few top dogs have been removed from the business but many low level drug pushers as well as users have been incarcerated, increasing the prison population. The burden is placed on the taxpayers to support the cost. The drug trade continues to prosper as the prison population grows an so does slavery.