Posted on 11/02/2015 1:38:34 PM PST by servo1969
Ever in search of benefits to hand leftist constituencies, Democrats have decided to give goodies to their most natural constituency of all: criminals. According to the Associated Press, President Obama will announce executive orders Monday attempting to prevent screening for prior criminality in government hiring.
The so-called “ban the box†program would prevent government agencies from asking about criminal history until later in the interview process. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Vermont Senator Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (D-Loonbag), and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley have all joined Obama in calling for banning “the box†– meaning the check box for criminal conviction. Obama also wants to prevent public housing from hindering the ability for convicted criminals to gain access to subsidies.
So, in short, we all get to hire unhireable employees with criminal backgrounds, and subsidize those who wouldn’t be able to find housing because they have committed crimes.
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I meant good idea to # 15.
Sorry for any confusion.
Obama's own Zanu, P.F.
Why?
Superman offshoot: Where everything is the opposite of expected: Rather than hiring the best and brightest - - criminal and stupid are hired:
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I took “Good idea” in a sarcastic way. That’s how my mind works with this group. Keeps me from breaking down into tears.
Another thread for my tagline.
It’s not about rapists and murderers.
It’s about people jailed for fines and the like.
In South Carolina, 12 out of every 100 prisoners is there for failure to pay child support.
They’re charged with a felony and imprisoned - many of whom paid faithfully until they lost their jobs or were too sick to work. The court is merciless.
So now these men have a felony on their record. If the court thought they’d have a tough time paying child support before, just wait.
12.5% of all inmates are there because of child support. They get out and that’s the end of their lives. They *should* be able to get jobs and go on with their lives. That’s a BIG hunk of the prison population.
The problem is that we live in a zero tolerance society with zero common sense. We jail people for every freaking thing. Can’t pay your speeding ticket? Throw ‘em in jail! Can’t afford child support? Lock ‘em up!
Cover their record with a permanent taint of ‘felony’ and deny them their right to bear arms for life and make it so that the only job they can get is in a road side diner...
That’ll teach ‘em.
The problem is that we’re a one trick pony at this point and the people are starting to get fed up.
Jail should not be the only option for punishment in a society.
dear leader signs order forcing government employees to step down to make room for muslims
Federal Civil Service is a whole another world apart from the real world. Now its going to be even more unreal. If you want to use TV shows for a comparison, I suggest the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits as even better candidates.
It’s a small step from hiring convicts to hiring people who should be convicts, like anyone whose name begins with “C” and ends in “linton”.
Ought to make the time spent in the break rooms a lot more exciting.
We won’t notice any difference................
The government is already run by criminals. Why shouldn’t the ones who simply got caught and convicted not share in the endless booty?
The headline is not true. There is nothing that FORCES anyone to hire a convict. It calls for elimination of a checkbox on the federal employment application indicating that the applicant has a criminal record. Criminal history can be factored in at a later time. I think this is a bad idea but it certainly does not required a convict be hired.
Many years ago, a candidate for the Presidency, Adlai Stevenson, proclaimed that “there would come a day when a candidate for office will be elected not on his stainless record, but on his prison record.”
I guess that is because thugs get things done.
Democrats have been courting the criminal element for a long time. Gives them a sort of surrogate street cred and the appearance of “toughness”.
Thank you for this explanation.
Pre corrupted federal workers. It will probably take one full time worker to watch each.
Past convicts as opposed to the future convicts they hire.
Well, they have the experience for being a government employee.
Great! Hillary can get a job at the State Department running their email servers when she gets out.
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