Why I think 'business' owners who have had multiple break ins are full of shit

[Aviation Pro]

Because if I owned a brick and mortar and had one break in, I sure as shit would take measures to prevent one in the future. My bullshit detector is also pegging because how many times do we hear that the 'thieves' bypassed the cheap stuff lying around and knew exactly where the high value items were and took them on multiple occasions.

And how many times do we skim over articles related to insurance fraud?

My opinion, but I bet there are a lot of insurance companies that are taking a more jaundiced view of these claims.

Yes, this is related to the 'crime' trope that the motherfuckers are trying to hang on the midterms.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Anyway the answer is always more cops. Cops don't stop

Crime they are all after the fact. It's all a bunch of repressive authoritarian bullshit.

[Meadowoak]

5. More gunz.

[brooklynite]

2. You're saying that small business owners and managers are lying about being robbed?

First, too much video showing the thefts. Second, too many stores (especially drugstores) locking up more and more products.

As for “what are they seeking out the expensive stuff”, it’s because these are organized gangs grabbing thinks for high value resale, and because they know that their likelihood of being caught and locked up are low.

[Aviation Pro]

3. Because these 'organized' gangs are really running sophisticated target profiles?

Criminals aren't that smart, but I suppose some gangs do have inside people to 'help' them out.

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. I suspect that "inside jobs" are responsible for a lot of this

Insurance guy: "Mr shop owner can we take a look in your garage?"

[brooklynite]

13. "Mr Shop Owner" in NYC doesn't have a garage

As for "an inside job", all you have to do is walk into the store to scope it out.

NB: from a political standpoint, arguing "crime isn't actually happening" is a great way to maker voters think you're not serious.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. From a political standpoint claiming that Republicans are going to

Fix a crime problem is absurd. However they always pull shit and the media buys it.

[onecaliberal]

4. Top ten states with highest crime are all run by the pukes. Heard on deadline whitehouse yesterday.

[Bonx]

7. Painting with a broad brush here with nothing to support it.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Meanwhile, U.S. corps will steal $137 million in wages today, and they'll do it again tomorrow.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Can you cite a source for that claim? Thanks.

Meanwhile, U.S. corps will steal $137 million in wages today, and they'll do it again tomorrow.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Here are some stats.

The $50 billion/year is an estimation drawn from various sources.

https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-theft-2021/

Some highlights:

* Misclassification alone costs the state of California $7 billion in lost revenue.
* $9.27 billion was stolen from workers who earned less than $13 an hour in 2019 alone.
* Authors estimate that workers throughout the country lose $15 billion annually from minimum wage violations alone.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Thanks. I'm not finding those numbers on there myself.

Having seen many news releases from the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, I would caution that many of those unpaid wages are not from US corporations, but from small restaurants.

[musette_sf]

9. I'm pretty sure (speaking of break-ins and bullshit)

that all of the “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” that were allegedly vandalized and/or broken into after the Dobbs leak were bullshit of the Backwards B Girl (self-inflicted) type.

It seems to me that people who see nothing wrong with stalking, harassing, and tormenting innocent patients outside (and sometimes inside as well) reproductive health care facilities would be quite publicly forthcoming with information about suspects, and that there would be arrests etc. The radio silence tells me that THEY DID IT THEMSELVES.