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Originally Posted by Scimitar
I hear you, and as a business owner myself (all be it outside the US), I have the same concerns. However, here's a counter argument.
Looking at the big picture, it is hugely more beneficial for our nation if these people are reintegrated; the cost of disenfranchisement is huge compared to the relative risk.
If it’s across the board, no one company gets a competitive advantage.
To mitigate its effect on disproportion impact on small business, do something similar to the common "exempt companies fewer than 20 staff" kinda thing.
Allow criminal checks for certain crimes for certain jobs. People with those crimes will avoid those jobs, problem solved.
As ‘nanny mummy pandering’ as it sounds, we have to stop disenfranchising this group; not for their shitty benefit; screw them; but for ours, it simply is costing too much to continue the status quo.
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Are you familiar with the recidivism rate among inmates here in the US?
Would you let a care provider who was a former felon watch your children?
TR
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