2/ If we lowered the "felony theft" level to $50 and then made the penalty either 300 lashes with a whip, or a long drop with a short rope, theft would fall by 99% overnight. Even criminals understand incentives.https://twitter.com/ElamBend/status/1113483716259717120 …
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3/ I'm old enough that I remember when libertarians believed in private property.https://twitter.com/reason/status/1113480285583171586 …
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Nobody steals one bicycle and then renounces theft.
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proportionate response and differentiating between different levels is an important part of justice
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CA raised it to $1,000. Now SF has the highest rate of thievery in the country.
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How does jailing someone for theft make the victim of crime whole? Isn't he pillaged all over again to pay for the jails, the union hacks, the cops that didn't stop his despoiling in the first place?
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It’s called deterrence and incapacitation. That being said $300 threshold is wildly low. Should be upwards of $2,000 for felony charges.
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Puts me in mind of Scandinavian traffic ticket penalties based on offender's income. Howzabout theft penalties determined by the ratio of (what was stolen) : (victim's wealth) ?
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That shoplifting you're trying to excuse is the prime reason why "food deserts" exist: grocery stores driven out by cumulative theft.
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