Camp Adams is a facility for “troubled youth” (some very troubled indeed) located in Penn Forest Township. Camp Adams is a great example of what goes wrong when a function that should be handled by government is turned over to the private sector. This is the type of result we can expert when Corbett and the Republican legislators continue their attempt to turn government activities over to corporations who care for nothing but profit.
The company that runs Camp Adams was involved in the “Kids for Cash” scandal. Note that there would have been no scandal if government had run the programs. If the government ran Camp Adams, there would be no pressure to fill the beds.
I can understand why Jim Thorpe parents are reluctant to have 50 or more kids, some of whom are seriously bad, come into Jim Thorpe schools. I just hope that those parents realize that the fault is not with the kids at the camp, who really do need help. The fault is with a philosophy that puts profit ahead of everything else. If you like that policy, you should vote for Corbett and his Republican legislators.
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