After a person has been convicted of a crime they get sentenced. Is there a period on the end of that sentence? Not if they are looking for work and every job application asks them if they have been convicted of any offense more serious than a traffic offense. John Christoffersen writing for Associated Press says that at least six major cities have dropped the question from the municipal job application. Boston's chief of human services, Larry Mayes, asks, "What are these folks [ex-offenders] going to do if they cannot work? You're creating a permanent underclass."
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"What are these folks [ex-offenders] going to do if they cannot work? You're creating a permanent underclass."
I think the war on some drugs and the justice system have created a permanent underclass and we are seeing the result in the economy.
Meanwhile, the pin striped bandits and banksters have taken this country for everything it has, and then some, and they won't do a day in prison, where they belong.
We spent the liberty our founding fathers died for, for baubles and "property" we don't even own. Our inheritance of liberty and freedom is gone.
Peace,
Oat Willie
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