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Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jail and prisons, however, they can each generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.
Chris Hedges
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Chris Hedges
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 18
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Christopher Lynn Hedges
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