US crime rates correlate directly with unemployment....(Obama was RIGHT)

[Triana]

...Higher unemployment = more guns & gun-related violence... welcome to the US

ASK ANYONE who works in an ER.

OBAMA WAS RIGHT.

Duh.

[redqueen]

1. He "gets it".

[OhioChick]

2. He Sure Does. n/t

[Triana]

3. No wonder Gillary (GOP/Hillary) would like to put more police on the streets...

...we'll need them for the increasing unemployment+increasing crime rates along with it.

[Texas Hill Country]

4. this actually has nothing to do with what he said... even remotely.

[Bluzmann57]

5. No shit

This has been a known fact for many many years. The bushies and others like them choose to imprison all who commit crimes out of desperation though. There must be some money in it for them somewhere.

[smalll]

6. LOL - this might be the most ridiculous WORM thread so far!

(WORM: What Obama Really Meant)

"Look, I didn't mean that small-towners are clinging to the Second Amendment and hunting, I meant that they're becoming criminals. When I said they're clinging to "anti-trade" I meant the same thing: they don't want to trade for or buy things anymore, they want to steal them. And when I said they cling to God, I meant no disrespect to faith and devotion, I just meant that at this point, there's no reason for people to cling to their traditional God, when they have the option of worshiping me."

If you, (or many of the other Obamatrons here) could become Axelrod For A Day, this contest would REALLY be over: Hillary would win!

[Triana]

9. SO...

...crime rates DON'T increase when people face prolonged unemployment and little hope?

You better check the stats on that.

[smalll]

7. There's no way I'm letting this particular WORM drop off Page 1 so fast. /nt

[gateley]

8. Poverty is the underlying reason for

the majority of our "problems" - that's always been my belief.

[Triana]

10. It certainly is - I agree, and I think...

...Obama will do a heck of a lot more about that problem than Gillary will.

[TahitiNut]

11. Not poverty per se, but poverty in the presence of conspicuous consumption ...

... and appalling, self-serving greed on the part of the "leaders" of industry, politics, and religion.

[gateley]

12. That certainly exacerbates it

and fuels the indignation and anger, I agree. And it's generally always that way, come to think of it. :grr:

[TahitiNut]

14. When people see themselves as equitable particpants, members of a community rather than outsiders ..

... we don't act to jeopardize that participation. When we regard our systems as just, both economic and legal, we tend to cooperate. When, however, the injustices of enormous inequities are so apparent that they CANNOT be ignored, we tend to reject the system and, without the adequate means or platform to change it, act in a quid pro quo manner.

Imagine, for a moment, if the system were changed to somehow summarily disenfranchise those with the "top 1%" of wealth - prohibit them from voting or making campaign contributions or controlling the media. What would happen? Well, they'd not be able to promulgate greater biases in that system to entrench that wealth and power. They'd have to rely on the "wisdom" and "compassion" of the "bottom 99%" to permit some continuation of such comforts ... and, at worst, they'd lose that wealth and again become enfranchised and participants in guiding the system. Just WHAT would be "wrong" about that?

:evilgrin:

[oviedodem]

13. This is a known fact across the globe. When you have individuals

who are economically depressed there are tendencies amongst some to turn to violence to survive. It is a statistical fact and can be looked up. In addition, there is a correlation between income and education, I work in a university and it is fact that education is socio-economic

[Pisces]

15. AS he has been from the start.