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One of the most important political issues of mine...
"Do the city realize, when your bid is 3 to 5, it's hard to find a 9 to 5?"
i've been posting about this on apolyton a couple times over the years but it seems that for some odd reason, no one ever seems to care and even stranger, no politician as far as i know has ever talked about these issues... why is it that ex-convicts are forced to suffer even though they are reformed?
i most definently personally know far more ex-convicts that anyone else in this thread and it's very frustraing to see them having such a hard time just because they made some mistakes in their youth. most found allah or jesus in prison and are now very moral and hard-working people but job oppurtunities are rare for anyone with a criminal record.
take for example one man i know who is in his thirties now... in his youth, he got into all sorts of crime and ended up being shot numerous times (seven or eight if i recall correctly). he was arrested and was up-state for most of his twenties. now, he's a reformed man who is taking pharmaceutical science courses but is having a tough time with his minimum wage grill cook pay-check. fortunately (i guess fortunately), he don't got no kids or nothing to support so he is managing but most ex-convicts DO got children to support... they now realize it is important to pay the child support and be involved in their sons and daughters' lives so they won't make the same mistakes they did... and yet, doing all that, as well as feeding yourself, AND trying to get a community college/trade school education (which may not amount to much with that criminal record still showing up on their job applications and background checks), all on a minimum wage paycheck... and i can't help but feel sorry for my brothers who strayed years ago but are now on the right path... i hope they are all strong enough to stay true no matter the difficulties but it's easy to see how crime is a cycle with such problems.
so what can be done to help them? it seems so simple to me... businesses should be given significant tax breaks for hiring reformed criminals to get more businesses (which actually pay a good wage) hiring these good men... community college/vocational training should be given to economic felons (ie- arrested weed smokers NOT included)...
if i ever run for office in the future, this will be one of the main points of my agenda... why is it that i know of no present politician with these issues on his own agenda? just cause ex-cons can't vote?
thanks
i've been posting about this on apolyton a couple times over the years but it seems that for some odd reason, no one ever seems to care and even stranger, no politician as far as i know has ever talked about these issues... why is it that ex-convicts are forced to suffer even though they are reformed?
i most definently personally know far more ex-convicts that anyone else in this thread and it's very frustraing to see them having such a hard time just because they made some mistakes in their youth. most found allah or jesus in prison and are now very moral and hard-working people but job oppurtunities are rare for anyone with a criminal record.
take for example one man i know who is in his thirties now... in his youth, he got into all sorts of crime and ended up being shot numerous times (seven or eight if i recall correctly). he was arrested and was up-state for most of his twenties. now, he's a reformed man who is taking pharmaceutical science courses but is having a tough time with his minimum wage grill cook pay-check. fortunately (i guess fortunately), he don't got no kids or nothing to support so he is managing but most ex-convicts DO got children to support... they now realize it is important to pay the child support and be involved in their sons and daughters' lives so they won't make the same mistakes they did... and yet, doing all that, as well as feeding yourself, AND trying to get a community college/trade school education (which may not amount to much with that criminal record still showing up on their job applications and background checks), all on a minimum wage paycheck... and i can't help but feel sorry for my brothers who strayed years ago but are now on the right path... i hope they are all strong enough to stay true no matter the difficulties but it's easy to see how crime is a cycle with such problems.
so what can be done to help them? it seems so simple to me... businesses should be given significant tax breaks for hiring reformed criminals to get more businesses (which actually pay a good wage) hiring these good men... community college/vocational training should be given to economic felons (ie- arrested weed smokers NOT included)...
if i ever run for office in the future, this will be one of the main points of my agenda... why is it that i know of no present politician with these issues on his own agenda? just cause ex-cons can't vote?
thanks
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