What if we lived in a world where being unemployed meant you couldn’t get a job? Literally, if you were unemployed, employers in this fictitious world threw away your application. Believe it or not, this is the current trend in our glorious United States of America. When I found out about this I almost vomited. I am proud of this country. I’m about a patriotic as it gets. Hell, I even used to own nine guns, which seems to be a criteria for patriotism these days. After the stomach pains subsided, stage two slipped in. This is where I suddenly wanted to unsheath a sword and scream freedom down a grass covered hill. I was and am pissed. The American Dream is dying and it serously needs defribullator.
Simple answer: Make it illegal for employers to reject unemployed applicants by passing the Fair Employmentk Opportunity Act of 2011. View full article »
Just like how states should balance their budgets and provide public education jails should be required to have a system in place to help convicts join society and not return to jail. How do we expect criminals to succeed if we don’t help them learn about other ways to make a living other than selling drugs, stealing cars, and robbing stores?
I see it this way, increase the punishments for the real criminals, the schmucks getting off, and reduce the penalties for the victims trying to find a way to make a living. When you think of prostitutes do you think of hard-edged criminals who break the law to gain a buck or desperate individuals who are trying to make a living the only way they know how.
