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by Kudzu_Bob 4642 days ago
And what those not-so-wealthy people need is money for drugs.
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Craziest fiends I ever met came from wealth and means
What do you think the chances are that the guy who broke into my car a few months ago (only to steal a few dollars in toll quarters I had in the center console) came from wealth and means? If you were a bookie, what odds would you put on that?
That's a bad use of statistics. There are significantly less wealthy people than poor people, so any single instance is going to be much more likely to be perpetrated by a person from a poor background. That doesn't prove that people from poverty are more likely on aggregate to break into your car.
Marginal_propensity_to_consume hookers and blow has been shown in some studies to shorter lives and balance sheets of pro basketball players.
Very True. When papa cuts off funding to drugged-up little Johnny, watch out.