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- Hello, Bob.
- Hello, Harvey.
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Well, you've succeeded in creating
quite a little flurry with your birds.
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Just an inmate protecting his rights.
Would you like to sit down?
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Yes, thanks.
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Bob... I've been sent here as a delegate
of the bureau to make you an offer.
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That's what I've been waiting for.
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Now the bureau is willing to let you
keep your birds. You can even sell 'em.
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Now this is their official proposal.
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You can continue
to raise and sell the birds,
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but the profits will be turned over
to the prison welfare fund,
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and you will receive a salary
in the form of a share of the profits.
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10 dollars a month.
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I consider that quite a generous offer
under the circumstances.
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Frankly, it's more than I would
have offered, had I the authority.
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Well, Stroud?
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Let me see if I understand you.
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You're proposing that the US government
go into the canary-bird business.
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That's against private enterprise.
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You sound like a Bolshevik, Harvey.
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- You have no legal right to raise canaries.
- I know.
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Rule 60 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
Manual: "An inmate cannot be permitted
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to operate a business, no matter
how legitimate, while in prison."
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- That right?
- You quoted it correctly.
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That's what I thought.
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That's why I'm confused.
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The rule says I can't have a business.
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You say I can, provided
I give you the profits.