I hire a lot of ex-convicts. Sometimes they are a bargain.
Think about it. Imagine a 25-year-old who would be making 50K per year in a just and fair world, based on his intelligence, computer skills, and work ethic. But suppose he got caught up in the George Bush/Barack Obama War On Drugs because of possession of a trifling amount of a weed, and he now has some prison time on his record.
He is now lucky to get minimum wage.
My company pays most people a lot more than minimum, but not for employees that no one else will hire. We sometimes can hire ex-convict geniuses for 9 bucks an hour.
If you're willing to put up with employees having to leave work at odd hours to waste time meeting with probation officers, parole officers, government counselors and other bureaucratic pygmies, ex-cons are a bargain.
It doesn't seem fair, does it? I get great employees for half-price !! Thank you Democrats !!!!
So what should be done about my unfair advantage? Well, a nation that didn't have its head up its collective ass would legalize marijuana use and possession, along with other victimless crimes. We have 6% of the world's population and 25% of its convicts. We do love turning our children into Food For The Machine.
San Francisco is now debating what to do about my discriminatory practices. Are they going to legalize marijuana in their city? Make it legal for entrepreneurs to sell plants without a permit?
Oh no. Nothing like that. They're going to leave all the current laws in place, but make it illegal for anyone to ask about convictions. I swear to God, that's the approach they're taking. Here's a quote from the Coyote Blog:
A legislative proposal in San Francisco seeks to make ex-cons and felons a protected class, along with existing categories of residents like African-Americans, people with disabilities and pregnant women. If passed by city supervisors, landlords and employers would be prohibited from asking applicants about their criminal past. [...]According to The City’s Human Rights Commission, San Francisco has the highest recidivism rate of any big city in California, almost 80 percent. With an influx of new prisoners set to be released because of the state’s budget crisis, supporters argue felons need legal protections before they’re disqualified simply because of their record, which could be decades old and for crimes that have nothing to do with the job they’re hoping to get.
Yep. They're going to continue ruining lives because, after all, jailers, probation officers, parole officers, counselors, border patrol guards, Narcs, and SWAT teams need jobs. But they're going to make it illegal to ask about it.
I love being alive, just for moments like this.
2 comments:
so they need to hurry and do this in order to protect current prisoners about to be released, because their crimes may be decades old...
Twilight Zone.
That law will be thrown out or avoided. They'll still do background checks.
When I got my last apartment, they showed it for only 15 minutes. Only two people showed up. They accepted us, did a background check, and we got the flat.
Basically, they legally discriminate (and protect their kids and property) by limiting the field of potential applicants. There's always a way around the law which makes most laws pretty stupid and a waste of time.
As few tears that I cry for convicts, I really do care how they will earn a living and where they will live if they really are rehabilitated. I wonder what % of recidivism is because of no opportunities. Good job hiring them!
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