Dear Editor:
I wonder if folks have contemplated what it means when a person has been convicted of a felony (or 34 felonies)? Our government, and particularly our STATE, places a great many restrictions on felons.
In most, if not ALL cases, a felon CANNOT:
–Vote, Serve on a jury, or Retain a passport
–Qualify for a security clearance
–Live in public housing (the White House is public housing)
–Purchase, own, or possess a firearm, or body armor
–Work in any aspect of law enforcement, including practicing law
–Be issued a professional license, work in the banking industry, for a credit union, or any receiver corporation, work in immigration services, work in a health care or educational facility that receives federal funding, or even be a contractor to same
–Qualify for any federal contracts, or work for a business that has any
–Work for a business that receives small business government aid or initiative funds
–Work as a customs broker or a merchant seaman, or work in aviation, as a pilot or any other capacity
–Trade in commodities futures, or in securities
–Visit an inmate without a background check.
–Distribute alcohol. Associate with other felons.
–Be designated as representative payee for Social Security/SSI
What a felon CAN do, is run for the Presidency. If a voter has no regard for decency, honesty, integrity, morality, character or law and order, they can vote for such a FELON. Then, revoke these restrictions for OTHER felons, because we can’t place only ONE person above the law.
Jeff Harrison
Buffalo, Texas
