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‘My voice matters’: Felons vote at polls for first time after voting rights restored
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Good question. What do you think could possibly go wrong?
Criminals don't care about what's best for their community or their society, they are selfish and only care about themselves and they will vote accordingly.
In California for example, they've essentially de-criminalized theft and stopped prosecuting it and now retail theft has gone way up. I'm not sure if felons can vote in California or if that could even be attributed to such legislation being passed, but it is definitely something criminals would support and I fear that kind of situation spreading.
I'm sure the decriminalized theft in California. But how has theft gone up if it's legal now? It's no longer a crime, right? Right?
The amount of businesses reporting theft has gone up.
But thieft is legal. What are they reporting?
What point are you trying to make? The amount of people taking things without paying for them has gone up. Call it what you want
You're claiming theft is legal in California. I'm asking you for details on that claim.
Thieft is in fact 100% illegal in the state of California. If you steal $950 and over it becomes a felony charge. You don't just "call it what you want", that's not how law works. But I'd love to hear your reasoning on how that makes stealing legal.
Laws only matter if they are enforced. Thefts under $950 are misdeamenors and are often not investigated or prosecuted.
You can argue with me if you want, but San Francisco definitely has a rising crime problem.
Fair enough.
But I wonder what does of any of that have to do with Minnesota giving more people the right to vote?
recent uptick in retail theft? I'm guessing that is due to self-checkout. Inventory losses only have one reason for bean counters to report