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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to the Tenley Target staff it's been happening there -- though I don't know if it's some mass criminal ring. Everything is now locked up, including the large detergent bottles. I asked how someone would take that out and was told they just grab the stuff and run to the metro and sell it. I haven't ever seen a black market in the Tenley station, so not sure what's happening but Mayor Bowser would be wise to figure it out so we're not losing stores to Montgomery Co. It's such a pain to shop there now. [/quote]

And look at what happened to Baltimore - Target closed at the Mowdawmin site, which served a huge marginalized population.  They had huge problems with theft there.  And look what happens - little old grannies in that area of Baltimore now have to make much longer hikes to where stores are open.  Many of those people don't even own cars.  There are real consequences for this despicable, selfish behavior.  It isn't just 'corporations losing money, no one gets hurt'.  The ridiculous tolerance for this anarchy harms many people across swaths of communities in the country.  [/quote]

What do you propose?[/quote]

Prosecuting all theft hard. Or putting a lien or docking someone's paycheck/welfare benefits for 3x the cost of whatever they're caught stealing.

Stiff penalties, period.[/quote]

America has some of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Penalties like stiff proesecutions are simply not a deterrent. And putting a lien on poor peoples' income stream isn't either.

Have you ever been poor? I have and I can tell you it's not a deterrent to many things. You'll do anything to save a buck or come out ahead a bit. And while I didn't outright steal things, I def. gamed things like parking to avoid having to pay it and just hoped I wouldn't get caught. [/quote]

Being poor and stealing a loaf of bread or a carton of milk is not the same as stealing hundreds and thousands of dollars of name brand merchandise. Those people are simply thieves without a conscience.[/quote]

Again, you haven't been poor. Obviously. Just because you think poor people should only want for necessities, that is just not how it is. They still have desires and wants other than "Food to eat.' They are human beings. They want the purses, tvs, ear buds, etc. whatever and sometimes people will break the rules to get it. It's not right. It's not ethical, legal, moral, etc. etc. But just because it's not, doesn't mean they won't take the chance if they can get a little bit of what they are missing. Being poor is hard. I don't condone it and not everyone who is poor does it. But it is not correct to say that none of them "have a conscience."

Let me guess, you're one of those people who think kids in the charity christmas programs shouldn't ask for expensive items? Just socks and underwear?[/quote]

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