ripvanwinkle
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All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing - Edmund Burke 1729 -1797
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Post by ripvanwinkle on Feb 27, 2019 22:25:51 GMT -5
This was long over due. On my way home every day I drive by a homeless camp that popped up about 3 mo ago with about maybe 10 tents and all the garbage, tarps and shopping carts etc. Today there was some police activity there. Along with 3 police cars, there was a company who's job it was to repossess errant shopping carts. There was a large flat bed truck.
The police were having the people their stuff out so the men could get their carts. They were not happy. Lot of shouting. Looks like they were going to pick up about 10-15 carts. According to Wikipedia, the average cart can cost $75 to $150, and shopping cart theft is estimated to be in the $800 million range annually.
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cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Feb 27, 2019 23:53:05 GMT -5
One of my pet peeves, when I see homeless with shopping carts knowing they stole them I lose any compassion for them. They are simple thieves and carts are well more than $150. I causes stores to lock wheels so you can go off their range making them more expensive.
Homeless thieves and trash leaving everywhere lose them a lot of desire for people to help them.
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