[Secret Agent Man]

And this is why we have an underground economy.

Who is going to work to have government legally rob them to pay the actual criminals?

Pay citizens to blow the damn thugs away. $100 a head.

[GnuThere]

Brilliant money management, he gets at max $1000/mo and spends half of it leasing a car. The rest goes to weed, the remainder he wastes.
Yeah, he’ll do great.

[Paladin2]

Across the Bay, North, maybe...

[jennychase]

This is called “Protection Money”.

[csn vinnie]

Gimme a break! With all the months I haven’t committed a gun crime, I should be close to a millionaire.

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[Nifster]

Rich,one is a bifurcated city. One side of the freeway is a nice white urban area. The other side isn’t turd world country

[sipow]

At least when the mafia got protection money they had to put some effort into it. Go around and tell people “it would be a shame if anything bad happened to your store - if you pay us to protect it we can assure you nothing will happen”.

But now we need to cater to these lazy assholes and have the government ensure that they are getting paid their protection money without them even lifting a finger.

It really is the ultimate nanny state when the government has to take over the organized portion of organized crime.

[Garvin]

So, how does Holmes spend his money-for-not-being-a-criminal? He is leasing a 2015 Nissan Versa for $500 a month and drives around smoking marijuana. To help pay for his new expenses, Holmes is applying to become an Uber driver.

California is a very sad state.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

How does this work?

Sounds like a sort of reverse piece-work program.

Do the criminals submit a monthly invoice on the crimes they didn't commit?

8 bags Skittles not stolen @ $3. each

3 packs Swisher Sweets not heisted @ $7. each

11 people not mugged @ $75. each

5 stores not looted and torched @ $150. each

3 people not capped @ $450 each

1 polices not offed @ $1,250. each

[wildbill]

This opens up a brand new area for the old protection racket. I won’t kill anyone in your town if you pay me.

This is the way a society crumbles, by giving in to the barbarians while putting their defenders in the police force in danger of prison time if they can’t explain a shooting that occurred in split seconds.