For those of who are wondering why the United States has more prisoners per capita than any other country on this planet, you'll begin to understand how we can have a very weak economy yet still be able to fund the war in Iraq. It is called "prisoner for profit" Any given prisoner for example, could have a net worth of $10,000 per day in the money markets. Every prisoner has a monetary value to our government, whether it be local, county, state or federal. Bonds are written based on a person's name and social security number and are sold through brokerage firms such as AG Edwards or Merrill Lynch who has the contract to sell all the prison bonds for local, county, state or federal prisons. More than 50% of these money market bonds are now being purchased in China or Japan