On my first real job at Bell Aerospace which, of course, had mostly government contracts, I had to obtain a security clearance before I could be hired. Now, this was just after we stopped using Roman Numerals, well actually late 1960s.
Even back then the government was in the business of racist discrimination as there was a directive for Bell and others to actively seek minorities (at that time there was really on one minority involved) with .... wait for it...... criminal records. WTF?
Bad enough our government was directly involved in racist hiring practices but to give additional points for criminal records was just beyond logic in this universe.
There are so few things government does well it simply points to the brilliance of the Founders who did everything possible to limit its size and power. Too bad we have let them down.
this is the democrats attempt to secure the felon vote.. Oh, they already have that..