The Democratic Party post-Clinton has been a powerful tool for enacting reactionary Republican policies. I encourage ordinary people, poor and middle classes, to respond to the party(ies) appropriately.

Imprisonment is not the answer……getting rid of NAFTA is……and is why people from Mexico come to this country to take jobs U.S.citizens would not do…..particularly with the working conditions “illegal workers” (oxymoron here) are forced to endure. Get a clue, or stop ignoring the known reality.

democrats in the grassroots are dismayed by self-proclaimed “progressives” like debbie wasserman schultz who end up bought and paid for by big money special interests

Incredible!! We need to vote these people out of office.

I know they private prisons are a big lobby but it really is harmful to all of us to have them expand.

Representative Schultz, Shame on you for supporting this CCA money maker!

PLEASE TAKE THE RIGHT, FAIR AND JUST ACTION AS URGED IN THE PETITION ABOVE.

Shame on you, Representative Wasserman, for supporting the new facility for CCA. Wait a minute, did I just say “Representative”? 98% of Your constituents do not agree with you! Do you even listen to them? How can you call yourself a Democrat when you are against the people? That’s the Republicans job. Or maybe I should ask, how much kickback money are You getting from CCA? Please withdraw your support for this new private prison (all prisons should be public anyway) and show your constituents, you know the people who voted for you, that you are doing what they want you to do. Thank for staying true to democratic ideals and aspirations.

To have a corporation run a prison or detention center is using money to encourage an increase in prisoners for the sole purpose of profits, draining the state of money that needs to be spent elsewhere.

In addition the constituents have voiced their opposition to having a detention center built in their town and in a democracy the senator representing them should be doing just that and NOT allow profit motivations of a corporation trump what the people want.

Stop trying to lead and follow your citizens.

Cease from aiding and abetting the Security-Industrial Complex. You should know better than that. If you have taken money from the Corrections Corporation of America, you need to give it back and to cease being in the pocket of the CCA. You are not only jeopardizing your reputation, but also that of Barack Obama—-a very catastrophic thing to do as head of the Presidential Campaign in an election year. The positions you take matter even more now than ever before.