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Good for them!!

$18 an hour? These guys will be on the take in no time. Pay your employees, people.

Yeah, since adding cops didn't do anything... maybe adding more untrained poorly paid local weirdos should get the job done. 🙄

Something better than nothing.

Hope it works out.

Doing nothing is better, right?

So the options are Sonething that we know doesn't work... or NOTHING.

If you're so unimaginative that those are the only options you see, then maybe you shouldn't be in this conversation.

Sounds like it’ll be harder for you steal now

The crime numbers would suggest the opposite.

No. Adding change to not having consequence of theft is the reason why this is going on

Oh. There is on consequences to theft anymore? Interesting.

Wait. No. Not interesting.... what's the word I'm looking for? Of right... Bullshit.

Adams has been increasing the number of officers on the street and crime keeps going up.

It takes a special kind of stupid to see that and say "More people on the street." Is the answer.

Cops don't prevent crime they respond to it.