Terrys Country Corner

I am a determined individual. . so, dont mess with me.
You have no idea what I am about or who
I am as a person. If you even think
that you can continue discriminating people
from certain jobs based on their credit
history, you are in for a rude awakening.

Now, I know I am probably ruffling some
feathers. . . but here goes. If an employer
would ever stop to think as well as taking a look
at the state of our economy, they
would know that most people
who are currently out of work have experienced
financial setbacks which do include
credit card bills.

I am going to find out (in my determination)
how I can make it a law against employers
and insurance companies (for that matter)
from using a person's credit as a personal
judgment against providing a service
or for hiring them. A person's credit
history has nothing to do with the
person's ability to do a job. If it remotely
denotes the 'responsiblity' of that person,
that is why you fire people who are not responsible.
You do not pre-judge them based on their
credit score before they can be given a chance
at employment. . You call this equal opportunity?

Using a person's credit history is nothing
more than sheer discrimination. If insurance
companies would ever stopped to think
that a person who did not have a college
education is not necessarily a bad driver or,
if a person who's had credit issues
due to job or income loss and spousal
use of credit cannot be considered for hire,
thereby making the person's credit history
the determining factor on whether this person
would be considered for a job
is just plain wrong and abusive
. . and yes, it is discriminatory.

Why are you employers who practice
these policies allowed to get away
with a discriminating judgment based
on what you think the person is about when
in actuality, you have no idea what a person
may have gone through. Whatever your
reason is, it's pretty horrible and discriminatory
to use this reason over their actual
ability to do the job.

In my opinion, what you
are doing is conducting
a violation of civil rights.
A person's credit history is NONE of your business!

Just maybe the person applying is
looking for work so they could fix the
credit issues they have ? hello? get a clue!
You are further punishing a person for
something they are wanting to correct and
something that could very well have not
been their fault.

Because of how I think, I'll just be mosying
on over to sites wherein I can file complaint(s).
How's that grab ya, employer & insurance people?
Maybe some of my attorney friends would entertain
filing a civil suit against those practicing such
discrimination. . . food for thought? well, it works
my appetite up a bit.

You have definitely struck a nerve and I've about had it.
I cant help but wonder how many other people out
there feel the same way. How many others were
discriminated against a job or charged higher premiums
because they had credit problems.