Many have the will to work for a living. Some have the view that stealing is working. If that view can’t be changed, stealing will continue to offer opportunity to part of the population, even though the risk/return odds put it on the low side of success. Endless loop.
The solution is simple. Deport all criminals, to the Republic of Burundi the poorest country in the world. Don’t tell Burundi, just pay coyotes to sneak them across the border at night. Why not! Other countries have been doing it to us for decades.
Very interesting range of COMMENTS here today. In the 60s our penal system in US moved from being one of punitive to one of being rehabilitative. Not so sure we have found the solution yet!
George III emptied the jails in England, by sending the convicts to the colony of Georgia. After American independence, the Brits sent the convicts to Australia.
littlejohn Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Do the moat monsters need feeding?
Imagine almost 3 years ago
So, how much does crime cost now?
Doug K almost 3 years ago
What is the solution? How can the king bring the crime rate down?
by not prosecuting crimes? “pretending” you don’t see any crimes?
or changing laws so that almost nothing is a crime?
Farside99 almost 3 years ago
Let them all out. They’re just poor misguided souls who only need a second chance to find their moral compass.
bookworm0812 almost 3 years ago
Our local paper re-ran Friday’s by mistake.
cdward almost 3 years ago
Crime goes down when opportunities for the least financially stable go up. The safest societies are those that take good care of their poorest.
e.groves almost 3 years ago
Sounds like Oklahoma. We have to keep the private prisons stocked.
sandpiper almost 3 years ago
Many have the will to work for a living. Some have the view that stealing is working. If that view can’t be changed, stealing will continue to offer opportunity to part of the population, even though the risk/return odds put it on the low side of success. Endless loop.
wirepunchr almost 3 years ago
The Fink always disliked the competition.
blakerl almost 3 years ago
The solution is simple. Deport all criminals, to the Republic of Burundi the poorest country in the world. Don’t tell Burundi, just pay coyotes to sneak them across the border at night. Why not! Other countries have been doing it to us for decades.
geese28 almost 3 years ago
Time for another “Purge”
Goat from PBS almost 3 years ago
The solution: no laws. You can’t break the law if there are no laws.
jango almost 3 years ago
Very interesting range of COMMENTS here today. In the 60s our penal system in US moved from being one of punitive to one of being rehabilitative. Not so sure we have found the solution yet!
me_the_polish_gull almost 3 years ago
I missed the old caption…
squireobrien almost 3 years ago
Too bad for Id. Fortunately, in the USA, crime has been going down steadily for decades.
PaulLeckner almost 3 years ago
George III emptied the jails in England, by sending the convicts to the colony of Georgia. After American independence, the Brits sent the convicts to Australia.
PaulLeckner almost 3 years ago
What a state!
GreggW Premium Member almost 3 years ago
In the US the crime rate overall is down AND the prisons are overflowing.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 3 years ago
As long as you have laws, you will have criminals breaking laws…so the answer is…no laws!
elvisgirl3 almost 3 years ago