Problem Solved

Why have a prison-industrial complex if creative employers can't have unfettered access to slave labor? (Not that they don't already.)

But why stop there. Just think of the potential for organ harvesting and medical experimentation.

Another Great Republican Idea

Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, dismissed arguments made by President Bush and business leaders who say the United States needs a pool of foreign workers. He said businesses should be more creative in their efforts to find help and suggested that employers turn to the prison population to fill jobs in agriculture and elsewhere.

"Let the prisoners pick the fruits," Mr. Rohrabacher said. "We can do it without bringing in millions of foreigners."

Rohrabacher should be careful what he wishes for lest he find himself picking apples with his good friend, Congressional Bribery Expert Jack Abramoff.