Seattle Should Pay People Not to Shoplift

https://www.thestranger.com/crime/2023/08/02/79101694/seattle-should-pay-people-not-to-shoplift

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TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y (5 replies)

So a UBI?

toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Shhhh, don't let the cat out of the bag

poop@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Or make the stores pay for the cops

TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

When has adding a cop to a situation made it better?

poop@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah to be clear I don’t think it would good, but the article was saying to either do the proposed UBI or make the stores pay for the cops.

TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I appreciate your clarification.

I'm pretty sure we all know which option would be chosen, unfortunately, and it's not the way that would actually help people.

tallwookie@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 3y

eh, stealing is illegal. build more prisons.