California Using Slaves To Fight Wildfires

>> THE WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE BEEN MAKING NATIONAL
HEADLINES RECENTLY.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FIRES THAT WERE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AS A RESULT BUT SOMETHING
INTERESTING HAS COME UP AS A RESULT.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
ABOUT A THIRD OF PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FIRES IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA ARE ACTUALLY INMATES.
SINCE CALIFORNIA HAS REFORMED ITS PRISON SYSTEM THERE ARE
NOW LESS INMATES WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO DO THE JOB OF
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS.
THE ATLANTIC WROTE ABOUT THIS, AND IT WAS A GREAT
ILLUMINATING PIECE.
THEY
ARE CLOSER TO THE DANGEROUS
COMPONENTS WHILE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS ARE USUALLY A
LITTLE FURTHER AWAY.
BUT IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO SEE HOW RIGHT NOW THERE ARE
POLITICIANS AND OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA SAYING WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS IMPRISONING TO DO THIS
INDENTURED SERVITUDE
FOR US.
>> WAIT UNTIL YOU GET A LOAD OF EIGHT CENTS AN HOUR.
WHEN WE ARE PAYING PEOPLE A DOLLAR OR TWO A DAY, THAT IS
SLAVERY.
EIGHT CENTS AN HOUR IS SLAVERY.
NOW WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SLAVES TO PUT
OUT THE FIRE.
HOW ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY PAY FIREFIGHTERS?
THEY ARE LOCKING
PEOPLE UP FOR DOING PERFECTLY NORMAL LIKE SMOKING MARIJUANA
THEN THEY ARE USING THEM AS SLAVES.
SOME OF THE TIME IT IS PRIVATE PRISONS.
>>I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.
THE INMATES WHO ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK HAVE
TO BE NONVIOLENT.
THEY HAVE TO NOT POSE NO TYPE OF RISK TO SOCIETY.
PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF RAPE OR MURDER, OR LIFE SENTENCES,
THEY ARE NOT EVEN CONSIDERED FOR THIS.
THESE ARE NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT SINCE THEY USUALLY END UP DOING THE MORE
DANGEROUS WORK THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO LOSE THEIR LIVES AS A
RESULT.
BECAUSE OF THE PRISON REFORMS IN CALIFORNIA THE NUMBER OF INMATE
FIREFIGHTERS HAS FALLEN 13% SINCE 2008.
STATE POLITICIANS ARE SCRAMBLING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HIRE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR A PENSION AND BENEFITS.
>>IT SHOULD BE WONDERFUL NEWS THAT WE HAVE LOST 13%
OF CALIFORNIA'S INMATES.
YOU SHOULD
HIRE PEOPLE TO DO THE JOBS INSTEAD OF SLAVE LABOR.
>> THE ARGUMENT IS IF WE HIRE ACTUAL FIREFIGHTERS TO DO THIS
JOB THAT IT'S GOING TO COST TAXPAYERS $100 MILLION A YEAR.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT COST TAXPAYERS TO IMPRISON NONVIOLENT
OFFENDERS?
YOU MADE A GREAT POINT ABOUT PRIVATE PRISONS AND
HOW THEY USE THIS TYPE OF SLAVE LABOR IN ORDER TO PAD THEIR
OWN POCKETS.
IN THIS CASE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STATE PRISONS, NOT
EVEN PRIVATE PRISONS.
>>EVERYONE IS GONE USED TO THIS NOW.
EVEN IN A PROGRESSIVE STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA WE ARE STILL
DOING THIS TO PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM WORK FOR EIGHT CENTS
AN HOUR WHILE THEY ENDANGER THEIR LIVES.
YES TAXPAYERS PAY MORE FOR FIREFIGHTERS IS A PROBLEM.
NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FIRES IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND
IT IS HAPPENING IN DECEMBER WHEN FIRE SEASON IS SUPPOSED TO BE
OVER.
LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PUBLIC CAUSATIVE PUT ON ALL OF US
BECAUSE OIL COMPANIES WANT TO PRIVATIZE THE PROFITS AND
MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS.
I WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN ENSLAVE MORE PEOPLE FOR
DOING SOMETHING INNOCENT LIKE SMOKING A JOINT.
Secret List Protects Bad Cops The Young Turks LIVE! 12.11.17 Trump's Uranium Scandal Exposed Alleged Times Square Terrorist Captured Alive (VIDEO) Trump Swears He Doesn't Watch Eight Hours Of TV Per Day Olympic Skier Snubs Trump And Fox And Friends Can't Handle It Trump Demands Reporter Be Fired For Inaccurate Tweet Accused Would-Be Mosque Bombers Demand Pro-Trump Jury Roy Moore: America Was Better When Women Couldn't Vote Did Al Franken Make A Mistake?

California Using Slaves To Fight Wildfires

Latest Posts