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Obama Administration Spending Millions to Help Ex-Cons Find Jobs
CNSNews ^ | 6/2/11 | Susan Jones

Posted on 06/02/2011 8:25:43 AM PDT by CNSNews

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What should be done with ex-cons?


21 posted on 06/02/2011 8:51:44 AM PDT by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: Scutter

GM has lots of open doors.


22 posted on 06/02/2011 9:02:46 AM PDT by himno hero ("armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"...Barrack Obama)
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I was trying to say that if the fedgov.con kicked the illegals out there would be jobs for ex cons.


23 posted on 06/02/2011 9:07:38 AM PDT by winodog
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Ex cons make good union thugs, Obama’s kind of people.


24 posted on 06/02/2011 9:59:34 AM PDT by pallis
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i’m with you. People do turn around if given a chance.


25 posted on 06/02/2011 10:01:00 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (We are the Patrick Henry we have been waiting for!)
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Put them in the military.


26 posted on 06/02/2011 10:06:45 AM PDT by Always Independent
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Exactly.


27 posted on 06/02/2011 10:06:54 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Helping ex-cons get honest work seems like a reasonable idea to me. What do you suppose they’re going to do if they can’t find work?

Every government (particularly federal) program starts out sounding like a 'reasonable idea'.

The problem comes in with the amount of money spent administering the program. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the cost per ex-con ends up being astronomical and the results minimal at best. (Of course, if the program isn't successful, it will need to be expanded and better funded.)

28 posted on 06/02/2011 10:21:17 AM PDT by Bob
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Put them in the military.

Ever been in the military? That's the last thing the military needs.

Things were bad enough when non-criminals were being drafted into the military. Forcing ex-cons into the military would be even worse.

29 posted on 06/02/2011 10:26:03 AM PDT by Bob
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“Put them in the military.”

I met quite a few people when I was in the Navy who enlisted because they were given a choice, at sentencing...”Military or Prison.”

While I don’t know how that “program” worked for the military, I do think that it wouldn’t work today, because being in the Military is a GREAT career/job. There are far more applicants than there are openings now. It’s not unusual for people who enlist to have to wait up to a year to go to boot camp.

In the 80’s Military I think it would work, but with cutbacks coming, it wouldn’t work today.


30 posted on 06/02/2011 12:02:00 PM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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I agree, the modern military doesn’t need them. But I can’t think of a better way to attempt rehabilitation.


31 posted on 06/02/2011 12:10:56 PM PDT by Always Independent
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