Mike Huckabee just endorsed “biblical” slavery over the modern prison system

http://www.salon.com/2015/10/15/mik...blical_slavery_over_the_modern_prison_system/

So what say you, Christian Conservatives and Huckabee supporters? Cons on this site are constantly talking about wanting to bring "God's law" back to America or to make America "a godly nation" again. Do you all support a "godly" Biblical justice system?

I for one think Huckabee just tanked any chances he has for the Presidency. He's show himself to truly be the guy who puts the "fascist" in "Christofascist".

 

He's following the trump model of saying idiotic (*)(*)(*)(*) to get attention.

 

so... he wants to offer people a choice between prison, and being productive and repaying the debt of their crime, and you say thats slavery... are you suggesting we should instead lock people up and throw away the key to their life, rather than encourage them to stay out of prison and repay society for their crimes? I mean isn't that what prison and fines are, repaying society for your crimes? why not let them stay out of prison, give them a job, let them improve their lives, and repay for their crimes?

and this is a bad idea?

I mean I don't support the guy, and I think most politicians are nutjobs with crazy solutions... but this seems rather rational... sending people to prison to pay their debt to society, seems like an awful choice rather than give them a job, keep them out of prison, and allow them to repay their debt to society in another way aside from locking them up an ensuring they never amount to anything... this seems like a solution to the problem the left says is locking people up and throwing away the key?

so you want folks to go to prison instead of get a job and repay society? wow, sorry, seems you're one of the extremists you claim he is...

P.S. I don't subscribe to any religious beliefs either, so please don't assume this is a "christian conservative huckabee supporter" responding... its someone who objectively looked at the solution presented, and said, you know what, that would solve this other problem the left says it ruining society... two birds one stone...

 

Huckabee simply has more fat between his ears.

 

Did you read the article? No one mentioned anything about choice.

Can't pay a fine? Have fun being a slave.

 

the bible is not the place to find justice
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy 22:28-29&version=NIV

 

if you can't pay a fine now, you get sent to prison... so you support people going to prison instead?

good choice... lets lock them up because they can't afford to pay fines... great solution... you realize this is the very thing people are fighting to change with solutions?

so your solution is to keep locking people up...

 

What are current prisoners now? Are they somehow not slaves?

 

First, you used Salon as your biased source. I clicked the link, to give you the benefit of the doubt since it could have been an op-ed piece from a trustworthy site, then in the first sentence I read this: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee seemingly endorsed “biblical” slavery over the modern prison system on Wednesday’s edition of “Mickelson in the Morning,” ThinkProgress’ Scott Keyes reports.

So thanks for the opinion piece from a very biased news source. I'm sure between you and a few other hard core lefties on here, y'all will get a twisted kick out of this.

Enjoy.

 

Prison would be affordable if we can make them into unpaid laborers, the US has the largest prison rate in the world and imagine how our GDP/economy could improve if we put them to work. We would not need illegal immigrants anymore to do the jobs we don't want, and with the invention of tasers there would be no need for brutal whips like in the past.

This is different from slavery, because those were innocent people and these are guilty.

 

You expect FoxNews or Brietbart to carry or even mention a story like this?

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No you don't. The USSC has ruled that people can't be sent to prison just because they can't pay a fine. Debtors prisons are illegal and there are some pretty big lawsuits going on right now where judges tried to do exactly that.

 

Oh stop. Remove the source...what do you think of the IDEA?

 

Doesn't matter as long as it came from the other side.


Anyways, you're correct. The prison system should make inmates work hard labor for free. Unfortunately, the progressives would pee and moan about the killers and rapists being abused. Reminds me of the slut that cried about the prisoner at Angola (Louisiana's state penitentiary) on death row. She said it was too hot where his cell was. I say, too damn bad the heat didn't slowly kill him. Anyways, he got moved to a cooler cell because he was black and she claimed they left him there because he was black.

 

So long as they made it completely voluntary, and did not coerce the prisoners to work in any way.

One thing to point out is all the security and construction costs of keeping people in prison are so high that it dwarfs any type of unskilled labor contribution they could make. There's still not going to be any net profit.

This idea might work better in minimum security prisons, which are far less expensive to operate, and they know the prisoners are not going to try to escape because they only have 2 more years until they are released.

 

Yeah, we could have people like Kim Davis doing hard labor. The cons would love that right? Everyone who is in jail deserves to be there?

 

then if they can't be sent to prison, what is your problem with him suggesting they work off their fines... many democratic controlled cities offer programs TODAY that people can work in, and their fines will be erased... which is exactly what he just echoed be done nationally... are you saying what democrats did in many major cities across this nation, is wrong too? are all those people in democrat controlled cities working in these programs, slaves to democrats?

 

To make them work hard labor at no cost? I think it's a great idea. I say put those bastards back in a chain gang and let them pick rocks all day in the heat. If you've never been to a jail, they get television, radio, phones, video visitations, and the company I work for is currently working on prison safe touchscreen tablets that they can purchase music, games, email, etc on. They're spoiled and we're paying the bills. What do you get for killing, raping, breaking the law? You get all the joys of life you probably didn't have before, minus the freedom to come and go as you please. And if you're homeless or broke, prison is a great idea. They need to make it uncomfortable again.

 

You owe me a debt and you can't pay. Can I enslave you against your will?

 

Was that so hard? Thank you, thats all i wanted to know.

See, fellow lefties, if you ask purty enough....you get your answer.

 

So if you were say wrongfully sentenced to prison, you would be fine with it because they live so great, right?

It really says a lot about what Conservatives think about freedom when they don't believe losing it is a punishment.

 

That's what trials are for, bucko.

I don't give a (*)(*)(*)(*) about Kim Davis, I only stand beside her because her counterparts didn't get arrested for doing the same thing she did.

But yeah, if she was in jail, she should do the hard labor, right beside Eric Holder for breaking the law and persuading others to break the law.

I'm all about equality, I don't discriminate.

 

no I will file bankruptcy and escape it legally... haha egg on your face for giving me money...

anyhow, where does Huckabee say he will force people to do it, instead of offer this as a solution...

and if democrats are doing this already in many major cities across this nation, are you outraged democrats are enslaving people for city fines?

or are you only outraged a republicans supports what democrats are doing today? or are you only outraged because he quoted the bible?

why won't you answer those questions... do you support democrats who TODAY are enslaving people who owe the city fines, and allow them to work it off or face jail time? will you condemn democrats doing exactly what he just proposed?

 

I don't think anyone would disagree with me unless they favor the unwarranted luxury given to criminals that break the law.

 

Jebus, did i say that, swamp man?

 

This could be a nice idea!

Let's start by jailing the businesses and their business-owners and shareholders that declares bankruptcy and making them work as slaves at an $1 per hour.