Tattoos are the thing to do these days. In fact more Americans are getting tattooed than ever before. Oddly enough, people are still looked down on or kept from getting a job because of them. Americans should be judged by who they are and by their work skills, not their tattoos. Tattoos are frowned upon even though they have been around for thousands of years and are here to stay. In fact, the oldest known tattoos were found on a iceman believed to have lived around 3200 B.C. It’s estimated that 45 million Americans now have at least one tattoo. This comes out to about fourteen percent. Thirty-six percent of these Americans are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. Surprisingly the older group ages twenty-six through forty have them beat at a whopping forty percent. Meanwhile the U.S. as a whole spends 1.65 billion on tattoos annually. Even though, so many Americans now have tattoos, visible ones still make it difficult to get jobs. Almost all jobs frown on tattoos especially in the business or retail industry. If one has tattoos really the only types of jobs that are available are manual labor such as construction, mechanics, and other similar work. Unless a person tattoos for a living, which makes great money, the options are unfortunately pretty limited. This cannot continue to go on in America; it’s supposed to be a free country. People should be considered for work based on their skills not how they choose to express themselves even if it is on their skin. Tattooed Americans get frowned upon from many other areas as well. It can be hard to move into a new home or apartment depending on the owner. Most homeowners take out mortgage loans from their bank. Their bank might not be inclined to approve their loan regardless of their financial history all because they might not like the look of them with tattoos. Certain military branches won't even allow a person to join with visible tattoos which is crazy. Military perso