Gnads wrote on Dec 13^th, 2024 at 7:55pm:


No, thank you.

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Er you are confused; you failed to notice the size of the massive government intervention which Trump's policies to deal with social problems (outlined in the article), and the contradiction of funding this massive intervention in the face of Musk's government cost-cutting mission.

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Because I have never suffered from TDS....

I'm all for massive government intervention to fix entrenched social  problems.  As Trump said in 2016 re inner-city blacks in the US:

You are living in poverty, your neighborhoods are like war zones. your young men are in prison..." 

I knew Trump was in with a good chance against Hillary, after showing the nous to at least confront the reality of entrenched poverty, while the Dems were only continuing with their old lie: "we have your backs"..... BS.

So  back to the problem:

Studies have shown a positive correlation between poverty and youth crime; how can the government intervene to fix the problem?

graps and lee have run away, perhaps you can assist them with some ideas?

thegreatdivide wrote on Dec 20^th, 2024 at 9:29am:


Criminals tend to be middle-income to upper middle-income people. They make their money very carefully. If you are talking about petty crime, yes, you would find that the more impoverished of people committing most of the crime.

Being poor and working few hours per week, I had nothing much to do with my time when I went on leave. I overspent on unnecessary expenses to a point that I had to stop spending on anything fun. Given the reduction in spending, I had to find different ways to entertain myself. I noticed that I started going around acting aggressive in situations that did not call for it. But once I was back at work, I tended to be the normal self.

Give teenagers something to do. Most of the antisocial behaviour is due to teenagers having no sense of direction. When they have something to do, they have something to defend. Then the person is not likely to risk losing what they earned.

You are refuting my argument based on what "google" says? I use google to look up reputable sources. However, I generally turn to books or verifiable websites to do my research.

Richer people tend to get away with crimes. When they are not convicted, it is deemed that no crimes were convicted. A poor person, with few resources or responsibilities to fall back upon, might get caught up in a criminal act. They are likely to rely on the public defender. However, ultimately, they are likely to be convicted.

Just yesterday, a person got caught up in an altercation with someone from a high-income employment role. The "rich bitch" (as I shall call him) decided to verbally abuse the person over a matter of a parking space. He decided to use his position of authority to act all entitled in a place that was not his to dictate. If it was a poor person who did such a thing, his car would be up on bricks in another part of the shopping centre car park.

How does poverty cause criminality?

thegreatdivide wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2024 at 12:42pm:


For your theory to be proven true, it must be accepted that indigenous children have resources given to them at a rate that exceeds that of non-indigenous children. Therefore, the rate of criminal in non-indigenous families must be higher than those of indigenous families, because of their chronic un-met needs.

Why should crime be tolerated among those indigenous people, when they have their basic needs met?

For all I know, you might be a bit of a poof. Not that it even matters. It took you 2 weeks to respond with that level of wit? I would expect better.

Most of my problems are my fault. But, I have not had the best of parenting. I have not had the worst of parenting, either.

I was shot as a 10 y.o. for telling off some little sht for being a little sht. Unfortunately, I did not know that he had an uncle that was in the drug dealing business. I also did not know that this uncle was part of the Australian Army. So, police could do nothing, even if I asked them to do something about it.

Only recently (the last 6 months) I have found out where the drugs are sent in this town for pick up. I know of two places that are drug dens. And I have noted that there are people running certain organisations that are dealing drugs in town. People have made it so obvious that I have been targeted with expulsion from using these organisations or affiliated organisations. I had to quit training at one place, because the supervisor at this place decided that I was too much of a risk to retain.

Oh, I drink. In fact, I am drinking right now. Surprisingly, I have lost the desire to drink in the last few months. I may even quit (*snicker*) drinking (*chortle*) in the year 2025. With the way my training is going, I will have to stay focused for my new job.

You don't realise how easily some people can be triggered. Shooting a child in Australia is easy if you don't get prosecuted because of your racial background and the fact that there is a loss of 'business' if you don't show your drug dealing mates that you mean business.

UnSubRocky wrote on Dec 24^th, 2024 at 12:38pm:


A classic case of reversal of cause and effect, a specialty of Conservatives.

For your information, black kids in broken, poverty- stricken, welfare-dependent families aren't "given more resources than white kids" - I'll let reality  speak for itself

Whereas the proven positive correlation between poverty and inequality,  as a cause of crime, is not a theory, it's an observed reality.