Tuesday, November 30, 2010
"High Unemployment Means a High Crime Rate"
I read somewhere that "conventional wisdom is seldom right but never in doubt".
It seems to apply here...
It seems to apply here...
Clayton E. Cramer takes this one apart at PajamasMedia.com:
"Crime and unemployment: everyone knows that they go together. Right? Unemployed people, desperate for enough money to pay their bills, buy groceries, and get medical care (since those heartless Republicans think 'don’t get sick' is a health care plan), must turn to crime. At the very least, disheartened men sitting at home are going to lose their tempers, get into fights, and shoot their spouses."
