[wku man]

I'm waiting for the crime rate to go up, as some of those "99ers" turn to drug dealing, prostitution, robbery, burglary, mugging, etc. as a way to make ends meet. Maybe the crime rate is already on the increase in other parts of the country; our crime rate's pretty low here in Boise. But when people get desperate there's no telling what they may do.

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[ChocChipCookie]

I’ve been expecting an increase in crime, but my theory is that most of these people who have been out of work for months and months aren’t the type who turn criminal. When my husband’s electrical business was floundering, he got discouraged, but nothing in a million years would have caused him to start burglarizing homes or holding up convenience stores. Most of these people just get more and more desperate, quietly. They sell off everything they can, cash in everything they can, and wake up each morning hoping for a miracle. The condition of our country and hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans breaks my heart.