armored truck robberies (Miami: credit, attorney, real estate)

[burgler09]

Originally Posted by rogerbacon

Yeah. They'll put out a description of the car but not of the robber. It's more PC correctness. If the robber is black, Hispanic, or God-forbid Musilim, the PC media doesn't want to be accused of racism (or ethnic -ism or religion -ism).

what has the US come to

[tallrick]

It will be even more interesting when the poor start robbing the rich enclaves, and carjacking them in their conspicuously expensive vehicles. When you have a large disparity between rich and poor, violent crime increases. Let's see if more of the world's wealthy can move to Miami so we have plenty of victims to keep the robbers well fed.

[DCkid]

Ever see that movie Dead Presidents?

[Wild Style]

Originally Posted by blackklight

what is it, the 20th one?

Guard robbed of cash at Westland Mall - 05/06/2008 - MiamiHerald.com (broken link)

what's going on here?

high cost of living + fewer jobs + more private and public sector job lay offs = people will do what they FEEL they need to do in order to survive.

[klmsu9]

Originally Posted by rogerbacon

Sadly there is no one good to vote for this year. That's the first time I've ever felt that way. Even Bush, who I am not a fan of, is better than any of hte three choices we have this time. I wish we could select "none of the above" and force the parties to go back and hold new primaries with new candidates.

eh i wouldnt go that far, i think a trained monkey could do a better job. the economy hasnt been worse since most can remember, high unemployment, high gas, high food, people cant afford to get by, still in Iraq etc etc etc. honestly i think any of the 3, while not perfect, are better than Bush. He has run this country into the ground where it currently lies.

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by klmsu9

high unemployment,

Were you alive before 2000? 5% unemployment is historically VERY low.

[klmsu9]

its high when compared to it WAS down to under 4% before Bush took office. Bush senior left us with 7.5% (5.26, 5.62, 6.85, 7.49), clinton brought it down from 7 to under 4 constantly declining every year in the same time that bush raised it every year pretty much. see a little correlation between son and papa?

Clinton '93- 6.91 '94- 6.1 '95- 5.59 '96- 5.41 '97- 4.94 '98- 4.5 '99- 4.22 '00- 3.97
Bush '01- 4.76 '02- 5.78 '03- 5.99 '04- 5.53 '05-5.08 and still around 5

[Miami Vice]

These guys aren't robbing armored trucks because they're unemployed. These guys are robbing the trucks because they're pieces of garbage that want to make a quick buck, and don't care who they kill in the process.

[klmsu9]

wrong. A ton of burglars are unemployed and thats their source of income is to rob people instead of work. Easy money. Its a very easy correlation between high cost of living, low wages, and unemployment to burglary rates. The more desperate people get to live the higher those types of crime go

[Miami Vice]

They rather steal than get an education and/or work hard and live within their means. The opportunities to get an education are there for everyone.