Bouncing Business Ideas

Hi to everyone again. It's a beautiful day in Georgia, y'all... The air smells delicious and the sun is on chill mode. Lol. I'm thinking about starting a website, but I can't figure out which one is best... Soooo, I'm gonna throw my ideas out there one by one and let you guys be the judge. How about it? OK, so, do we have any felons out there? Lol, no, I'm soooo serious. If any of you aren't felons, chances are you know one or a couple.... I used to think that brothers out there saying how hard it was to find a job were a bunch of losers not trying their hardest. I mean, all that talk about "the man"?? Were they serious? Just get up, get out, and get something. How difficult could it be? Well, let me tell you, from experience, having a felony on your record is one of the most debilitating things that can happen to someone. You are literally stuck when this happens to you. After getting out of jail, most people want to make some kind of money. This is utterly impossible since many employers see the arrest and throw your application in the trash. Lol, and it's funny how they ask you about your criminal past on the application and put in bold letters: A felony conviction doesn't automatically exclude you from consideration for employment. Yeah right!! Yes it does!! If you're honest and put your background on the application, they don't pay it any attention. If you don't write it down, and you get an interview, you still have to pass a background check and we all know it'll eventually come out. Now, sometimes, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Let's say you have a felony forgery charge for fraudulently signing a traffic ticket in someone else's name.... are you supposed to be labeled as a convicted felon and not be able to work? Not to mention, it's extremely difficult to get financial aid when you have a felony conviction. The government doesn't want you to have any of their free money. Isn't it totally backwards of society to do this? Being a convicted felon is equal to being a 3rd class citizen. We are no longer considered free Americans. We may be out of jail, but we're beingthrown into a whole different type of prison. You can't work, can't vote, can't get financial aid for school and therefore may not be able to further your education.... like I said before, you're STUCK. They make it this way so that there are repeat offenders. This way, the jails will always be heavily populated and making people more and more rich. I mean, come on! With these restrictions, can you honestly be surprised when a felon goes back to the same activities that got him in jail in the first place? If he sold a little cocaine, caught a charge, did 90 days in jail, plead under the first offender's act, got put on probation for 3 years, ordered to pay $4000 in fines, and do 40 hours of community service. This is typical, trust me. So, he's ordered to pay a $4000 fine, right? Where does he get the money with no job? He has to show up to probation every month, be subjected to random drug tests and basically can't even get a traffic ticket or it's right back to jail usually for the remainder of your probation time. It's like, a mistake isn't even a mistake in the government's eyes. Someone could REALLY want to change their lifestyle and because of all the limitations is forced to make money the only way he knows how. Or, you can be like me and just be unemployed for nine months because of the traffic ticket thing I told you about earlier. Yep, that's me!! Signed traffic tickets and was put on probation and labeled a felon. If I want to get my record expunged, there's a huge fee for that. The government really does capitalize off people's mistakes. And, all felons are not child molesters and molesters. Some are just people who didn't know their options during court time, couldn't afford a real attorney and took charges that would've been dropped or made into a misdemeanor. So, if you own a business, don't be so quick to dismiss a felon. Get references, ask for his probation officer's number, clarify what the charges were, see if he's a repeat offender, find out if he's really willing to make a change, and give the man a chance.
Now, what I want to do is come up with an organization that assists convicted felons with resources to help them get their lives back on track. Assist with housing, job preparation, getting a GED, contact businesses to see if they're willing to hire offenders under our rehabilitation program, provide an outlet for offenders so they can hang out with positive individuals instead of resorting back to their prior associates, etc. I would probably start this with a forum type of website and then, try to get grants (lol, yeah, sure the government will assist a felon with helping other felons), or donations for an actual facility. What does everyone think of this idea??? Leave your comments.