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?
Throw the illegals out?
But wouldn’t it be better to teach them a trade while incarcerated and at the same time, it could generate revenue for the State. Makes sense, right? The liberals call that slave labor. Better to feed them, clothe them, provide medical and dental care for them while we warehouse them and then throw some more money at them after we’re done with all that. This insanity HAS to stop.
I agree, but the part about the grants also “aiding communities and families....” seems like there is alot of room for corruption and improper use of the money.
Yeah it sounds great.
But how do you convince an employer who’s business sucks so badly from Government regulations that he had to lay off a dozen people who werent ex-cons, to hire the guy that just walked in with M-13 Tattoos, and his pants down around his ankles.
It’s hard enough for people who have stayed clean and sober and have a skill to get a job now.
Unemployment isn’t falling and the recession is just getting started good. Jobs are hard to find for anyone,muh less an ex-con who got turned loose in California because they didn’t have room for him in the jail.
Oh Well: Obama will solve it just like he solves everything else. THROW BORROWED MONEY AT IT.
GM has lots of open doors.
i’m with you. People do turn around if given a chance.
Put them in the military.
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.)