The Middle-Class Thief

It is a crime no matter what.. if you steal because your family is starving for food that might be a different matter, but stealing things that are NOT necessary? Like EXPENSIVE cheese.. not cheese. but EXPENSIVE..mobile phones and cosmetics? I mean come on.. unless you are one of those woman that can not go out of the house without make-up. there is no excuse for stealing .. especially for things you CAN live without. Please people. :P The world makes me sick....

I work for a large retail store.Every time someone steals,they steal from my pocket(also known as my bonus) I become overjoyed when I can help catch one of these thieves,because I have yet to see someone steal food out of desperation.ALL of these criminals steal mostly makeup,CD,s,tons of electronic items and high dollar small items,so they can return them for money to supply their DRUG habbit.EVERY item I have seen stolen,has nothing to do with survival.Its all about greed.

People complain about the price of everything and I believe this is the real reason that things are priced so high. Including our healthcare costs. I people were honest and diod not steal or unfairly recieveassistance from program designed to help people in hard times we could afford things and we could give to charities more.

I don't agree with stealing but it is more understandable if someone steals a loaf of bread ect., to feed their family, but expensive cheeses? cosmetics and cell phones? how are these necessary life or death items to steal? There are ways to get items cheaply without having to resort to stealing.

This has nothing to do with a bad economy and everything to do with bad morals. WIC, Food stamps, and other supports are available for those who truly need them for food. I think the rest goes to permissive, humanistic (It's okay to do if it seems okay to me) outlooks that permeate our society.

That is what bad economy does!

lalaker101 says: It makes me so angry that we all have to pay for the crime as if the prices are not high enough already. I totally agree with lillia that you should use lots of coupons and wait for a good deal so you can have free or nearly free make up,food,or whatnot without commiting a crime. In Germany they would get there hands cut off for that.

I just think this is wrong. Why would someone steal makeup. I live below the poverty level and would never steal. I use alot of coupons. I wait til the make up is clearanced and use coupons on top of it. I usually walk away with free make up without commiting a crime!

The problem is that it is going to get worse before it gets better simply because the economy is so bad.

We need to get back to the simple basics that you must take responsibility for your own actions and that there are consequences for poor choices.

I agree with mimiandmonet.

Well first of all shoplifting is a crime, regardless of the reasons. On another note, more stimulus money will not help one bit and I am disgusted with America's choices. We need to be voting on laws and whether WE WANT them. We also need to be voting on the salaries, raises and benefits of our elected officials. They need to always know that they WORK FOR US!

This is crazy. I don't want to have to pay the price for someone elses wrongdoings. What are these people thinking? If you can't afford fancy cheese or a cell phone, well too bad. Lots of people don't have cell phones or eat fancy cheese. I have to live within my budget and people that are stealing need to learn to do the same thing.

When is the government going to realize that multi-billion dollar stimulous packages to these banks won't put food on our tables?They have put the country in debt for generations to come,needlessly

i completely agree with cybrown551