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Dems' demagoguery over ex-offender business owners counterproductive

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Another of the Texas Democratic Party's top ten attacks against Republicans in 2010 they've identified is that the Public Utility Commission regulates businesses owned by people with criminal records. "PUC allows criminals to manage prepaid electric providers," screamed the headline to a widely circulated Democratic attack piece.But do Democrats really believe that people with criminal records should not own small businesses? In many cases, no one will hire an ex-prisoner and starting their own business can be the best way to get back on their feet. Hell, TDCJ partners with a nonprofit called the Prison Entrepreneurship Program teaching ex-cons to start businesses when they get back to the free world. Why would Democrats discourage that? If businesses abide by state regulations and provide electricity people are paying for, who cares if the owner has been to prison? There are already way too many laws restricting what ex-offenders can do for a living...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 04, 2010 (boomark / email).