Huh? - Obama To Openly Welcome Criminals As Government Workers

[the_human_being]

What is wrong with this guy? I mean really. First he nullifies our justice system by releasing felons from prison, so now he says he's going to do away with the 'box'. Meaning, have you ever been to prison, convicted of a felony etc

Obama is bad news indeed

-Geaux
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President Obama has just unleashed a new executive order to remove admission of a criminal history from job applications, or in The White House's words, to reduce potential discrimination against former convicts in the hiring process for federal government employees. As NBC News reports, this is a further step towards what many criminal justice reformers call "ban the box" – the effort to eliminate requirements that job applicants check a box on their applications if they have a criminal record - and continues Obama’s emphasis on assisting criminals who want to re-enter society as part of his continuing agenda items from his "My Brother’s Keeper Task Force."

About 60-to-75% of former inmates cannot find work within their first year out of jail, according to the Justice Department, a huge impediment to re-entering society.

Research shows the existence of a criminal record can reduce an employer’s interest in applicant by about 50%, and that when white and black applicants both have records, employers are far less likely to call back a black applicant than a white one. As a 2009 re-entry study in New York city found, “the criminal record penalty suffered by white applicants (30%) is roughly half the size of the penalty for blacks with a record (60%).”

Obama To Openly Welcome Criminals As Government Workers | Zero Hedge

Apparently the government is chock full of criminals: How the Pentagon spent $43 million on a single gas station

How dare you ! The military keeps us safe . That's a freedom gas station! Would you rather the terrorists gas up here??!

They probably do now.

 

[SwimExpert]

Well locking them up for life or denying them work does not work either..

Castrate them and take all sharp objects away and then maybe they'll be prepared for government work.

The Constitution will not allow castration...

Who cares! This isn't about the constitution. It's about wanting to feel superior, and strategically tearing other people down to achieve that result!

 

[Rexx Taylor]

then lets just send Robert McDonnell free, his crime was non-violent.

 

[Geaux4it]

First he nullifies our justice system by releasing felons from prison

It's called commuting a sentence. It's been a normal executive power since Pangea.

so now he says he's going to do away with the 'box'. Meaning, have you ever been to prison, convicted of a felony etc

You would prefer that these people be unable to find work, and have no other option but to return to a life of crime in order to feed themselves?

There is nothing normal about 6000 being released.

-Geaux
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Republican President Ronald Reagan pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 406 people during his term.

Republican President George H. W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 77 people during his term.

Democratic President William J. Clinton pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 459 people during his term

Republican President George W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 200 people during his term.

List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the President of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SwimExpert]

There is nothing normal about 6000 being released.

Sure there is. What's not normal is for a "free" society to imprison as many of its citizens as we do.

 

[Geaux4it]

First he nullifies our justice system by releasing felons from prison

It's called commuting a sentence. It's been a normal executive power since Pangea.

so now he says he's going to do away with the 'box'. Meaning, have you ever been to prison, convicted of a felony etc

You would prefer that these people be unable to find work, and have no other option but to return to a life of crime in order to feed themselves?

Nope. They just have to earn it a bit more than the average applicant.

-Geaux

 

[Geaux4it]

There is nothing normal about 6000 being released.

Sure there is. What's not normal is for a "free" society to imprison as many of its citizens as we do.

We just need to keep them locked up longer. Start cleaning out the halls of death row throughout the nation. Make crime a really bad decision.

-Geaux

 

[Rustic]

It's a good idea . That way people can get to the interview stage before having to disclose their past . By then it might not matter as the employer may be impressed and give the guy a chance .

Or would you rather have them jobless and on welfare ?

Bad idea...

And paying tens of thousands of dollars per nonviolent - let me repeat that - nonviolent inmate per year is a good idea? Or do you have an alternative?

It best to know right off if they're a criminal, it makes decisions easier.