Double the minimum wage and cut housing costs in half.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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But the poor companies will suffer reduced profits and will leave the UK ๐ข๐ข
Remember, if you see someone shop lifting food or medicine, no, you didnโt.
People walking out with the entire meat shelf in bags are stealing food, and preventing others from having it. They definitely need to be stopped if possible.
It is not as simple as you say
Ah yes, those who produce food and medicine should not be paid, of course.
Unsurprising when non-violent crime has practically become legalised after such a long period of fucking and underfunding the police, legal system, and prison-building.
Add a cost of living crisis onto that and it's like adding fuel to the fire.
I semi-frequently see people coming into pubs trying to sell things like steaks and cheeses that they've clearly nicked from a supermarket.
Police have bigger fish to fry with their limited resources, and nobody on minimum wage is going to chase you out of the shop. They understandably don't care. Honestly, I'm surprised there's not more theft. It feels like the only thing stopping you is your conscience.
It is surprising how illusory the system of law and order really is.
Yup. And the problem is, once the perception of law and order is shattered, it takes a disproportionate amount of effort to build it again.
Tories cut police by over 20,000, then forced the remaining officers into splitting their duties across normal police work and admin/office work. This also happened alongside cuts to the legal system.
Over time, crime ramped up as people realised they can get away with it, to the point now where plenty of crimes are defacto legalised.
Even if you bring back those jobs lost (and more, to adjust for the population being 10% higher than it was in 2011), it wouldn't be enough, because a part of why the crime rate back then was lower was due to the perception you'd be caught even if you in fact may not have been.
Now police have to overcome perception that you won't be arrested for committing crimes rather than have perception work with them. Fixing it will cost a lot more than we saved by gutting the police and legal systems.
I saw a security tag on dog food at the supermarket.
Not surprised at all when bike theft seems pretty much decriminalised