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by const_cast 308 days ago
> Crime was certainly never driven by the cost of private health insurance.

Its a simple question - is crime motivated by money or not?

If you answer yes, then you're wrong - things like the ACA that lessen financial burden MUST lead to less crime over time.

If you answer no, then you're probably not reasonable. Who legitimately believes that crime isn't caused by money issues?

> crime is driven by things like alcohol and demographics,

Demographics absolutely do not drive crime, otherwise you have a broken world view. Being of a different demographic is a SYMPTOM, not the cause.

Being black does not cause crime, or being in a zip code does not cause crime. Being poor does, that zip code having poor education does, that zip code providing no opportunities does.

You're working backwards.