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In article <IlcJv*O-3@caleb.uucp>,
Jim Pritchett <rwsys.lonestar.org!caleb!jdp> wrote:
>Crime is NOT caused by poverty.  That is just another silly, liberal attempt
>to make excuses for criminals.  There are many, many poor people who don't
>commit crimes.

Your logic here is outrageous.  You state that poverty doesn't contribute
to crime and cite as evidence the fact that many poor people don't commit
crimes.  I would submit that nobody commits crimes because there are many
people who do not.  The fact is, most of the serious crimes in this
country are committed by underprivileged poor people.  If those people
were not underprivileged and poor they probably would not be committing
crimes.  Anyone can see that a government which greatly increases the
number of poor in our country can expect to see crime rise.  This has
been demonstrated over the past 15 years or so.  I'm not excusing 
criminal behavior,  I'm explaining part of the *cause*, as opposed to
the conservative approach to addressing the *symptom* by jailing
criminals.

Ben
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and hate anyone who does."    -author Bruce Sterling