Progressive policies pilloried

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Legion

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Electing leftists who call themselves progressives and promise to protect criminals from being locked up in the name of "criminal justice reform" has inevitable consequences.

Progressives in California in recent years have strengthened property rights—to other people’s property.

Shoplifting has been decriminalized, and retailers that apprehend thieves can be sued.

The result: Another Walgreens store in San Francisco, the seventh this year, is closing after its shelves were cleared by looters.

“All of us knew it was coming,” longtime customer Sebastian Luke told the San Francisco Chronicle. “Whenever we go in there, they always have problems with shoplifters.”

Mr. Luke has been posting photos of the shoplifting sprees. “I feel sorry for the clerks, they are regularly being verbally assaulted,” he said. “The clerks say there is nothing they can do. They say Walgreens’ policy is to not get involved. They don’t want anyone getting injured or getting sued, so the guys just keep coming in and taking whatever they want.”

Several retailers in the state have been sued by people caught shoplifting who claimed to be victims of racial profiling. Businesses understandably fear bad publicity and hefty payouts that may exceed their losses from the theft.

If only there were some sort of 'force' whose job it was to detain criminals, and some sort of system for then keeping them locked away.

:thinking:

Discuss.



https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2021/05/san-fran-legalized-shoplifting-now-seniors-have-no-daniel-greenfield/
 
Leprosy anyone with any commonsense will see that this headline is ludicrous, also Front Page Magazine is one of the most none factual publication.

San Fran Legalized Shoplifting. Now Seniors Have No Pharmacies :rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2:
 
Strumpet said:
Front Page Magazine is one of the most none factual publication.
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They're citing a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, and the video of shoplifting without repercussions is in the OP, cum gargler.

Even Zappacrite knows better.

Zappacrite said:
Facts are facts. Numbers don't change depending on which website they happen to come from. But here you are, attacking the source once more. If you had anything more substantial, you'd post it.
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For years, John Susoeff walked from his home two blocks to the Walgreens at Bush and Larkin streets — to pick up prescriptions for himself and for less mobile neighbors, to get a new phone card, and to snag senior discounts the first Tuesday of the month.

That changed in March when the Walgreens, ravaged by shoplifting, closed. Susoeff, 77, who sometimes uses a cane, now goes six blocks for medication and other necessities.

“It’s terrible,” he said. On his last visit before the store closed, even beef jerky was behind lock and key. A CVS nearby shuttered in 2019, with similar reports of rampant shoplifting.

“I don’t blame them for closing,” Susoeff said.

Last year, burglaries increased in most San Francisco neighborhoods. Shoplifting decreased under pandemic lockdown and dropped slightly the year before, but incidents are often under-reported and have become more violent and brazen, police said.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Out-of-control-Organized-crime-drives-S-F-16175755.php
 
Legion said:
iu


They're citing a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, and the video of shoplifting without repercussions is in the OP, cum gargler.

Even Zappacrite knows better.
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Leprosy this is but a deflection tactic, and nothing else.
 
Legion said:
iu


They're citing a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, and the video of shoplifting without repercussions is in the OP, cum gargler.

Even Zappacrite knows better.
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According to “copy and paste’s” understanding of genetic fallacy “the Onion” and “Babylon Bee” are credible sources

They are framing a report, not telling the reader what the report said, but their interpretation of the report citing instances from the report they think supports their view, most learned the difference back in high school English classes
 
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John Susoeff, 77, who uses a cane to get around, now goes six blocks for medication and other necessities because of Walgreens' closure.​


Retailers attributed a majority of losses to professional thieves instead of opportunistic shoplifters who may be driven by poverty, with one CVS leader calling San Francisco a hub of organized retail crime.

Losses have shuttered drugstores providing vital services, even more critical during the pandemic as some stores give out vaccines.

“This has been out of control,” said Supervisor Ahsha Safaí, who held a hearing Thursday with retailers, police, the district attorney and probation departments. “People are scared to go into these stores — seniors, people with disabilities, children. It’s just happening brazenly. We can’t just as a city throw up our hands and say this is OK. We have to come up with solutions.”

The cost of business and shoplifting led Walgreens to shut 17 locations in San Francisco in the past five years — an “unpopular and difficult decision,” Jason Cunningham, regional vice president for pharmacy and retail operations in California and Hawaii, said at the hearing.

Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere in the country, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere, Cunningham said.

At CVS, 42% of losses in the Bay Area came from 12 stores in San Francisco, which are only 8% of the market share, Brendan Dugan, director of organized retail crime and corporate investigations, said at the hearing.

CVS and Walgreens said they train employees to be engaged and visible to prevent theft, but to not confront thieves directly when it could turn violent. CVS security guards in San Francisco have been assaulted, especially at the now-closed Seventh and Market streets location, Dugan said.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Out-of-control-Organized-crime-drives-S-F-16175755.php
 
anchovies said:
According to “copy and paste’s” understanding of genetic fallacy “the Onion” and “Babylon Bee” are credible sources They are framing a report, not telling the reader what the report said, but their interpretation of the report citing instances from the report they think supports their view, most learned the difference back in high school English classes
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Poor Anchovies.
 
Naturally, a "progressive" says shoplifters "are homeless or struggling"

Officials agreed that different responses were needed depending on why someone was committing a crime. San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Doug Welch called in to the hearing to say his clients charged with shoplifting are not part of organized crime, but are homeless or struggling with substance abuse and need more services.

A statement from Safeway read at Thursday’s hearing blamed Proposition 47, which lowered penalties for thefts under $950.
 
I guess the genetic fallacy fans will claim the local TV news is lying

Another Walgreens is closing its doors in San Francisco and neighbors said it could be due to rampant shoplifting.

After months of empty shelves, the Walgreens at Van Ness and Eddy streets will close its doors for good.

Customers say the store is known for being notoriously easy to shoplift.

"I've heard that Walgreens is real easy to peel from," said one shopper. "Because they don't chase you."

And neighbors agree shoplifting has been an ongoing problem at the Walgreens location and may be a major factor in why it will soon be closed.

Customers said the shelves are bare and the company is not even bothering to restock.

"This store is completely wiped out," said Eric Gusky. " I've watched these guys come in and just grab boxes full of honey buns and walk out. And poor guys inside, they can't do anything about it, you know."

San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce says it will leave a hole in the neighborhood economy.

"They are mini supermarkets based in these neighborhoods and so they provide critical lifelines," said Jay Cheng from the Chamber. "So when one of them moves out we see a ripple effect through the community that's really hard to replace."


https://www.ktvu.com/news/closure-of-another-san-francisco-walgreens-possibly-over-shoplifting
 
States With Post-Pandemic Surpluses Are Still Getting Huge Federal Bailouts

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California has a $75 billion budget surplus, but federal taxpayers are about to send the state $27 billion in additional aid.

States are going to get that aid whether they need it or not. And California's not the only state that's not exactly in dire straits right now.

In New Jersey, the state treasury anticipates finishing the fiscal year with a $6.8 billion surplus. According to NJ.com, an independent fiscal agency projects that the total will be even higher. Not only does the state not need the federal aid that's coming its way, but state officials are now fretting about having to pay back a $4 billion emergency loan taken out last year in anticipation of a pandemic-related fiscal crisis.

Everywhere you look, last year's doom-and-gloom predictions of state and city fiscal catastrophes don't seem to be panning out. The Urban Institute, a centrist think tank, estimates that state tax collections in March of this year were 10 percent higher than a year ago, even after federal pandemic aid is excluded from the calculations. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that state and local tax collections for the second quarter of 2021 are running 7 percent ahead of the total for the first quarter of 2020—the last full quarter before the pandemic struck.

This is not a crisis.

That is what makes the disconnect between what's happening at the state and federal levels so stunning. On the exact same day that Newsom announced California's massive budget surplus, Joe Biden's U.S. Treasury Department finalized its plan for disbursing the first round of American Recovery Act aid to states. California will get $27 billion; New Jersey will get more than $6 billion.

Those totals don't include the $130 billion that's earmarked for local governments, the $123 billion set aside for public schools, or the $31 billion reserved for public transit agencies.

"All told, state and local governments are likely to be well over $1 trillion better off as a result of COVID relief legislation," concludes the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), which had been warning for months that Congress' bailout for state and local governments was likely to be overly generous.

Governments at every level are about to find themselves flush with more cash than they might know what to do with—but they won't be allowed to return that money to taxpayers, thanks to a provision in the DEMOCRAT-devised American Recovery Act that forbids states from using federal aid to cut taxes or fund tax credit programs.
















https://reason.com/2021/05/18/states-with-post-pandemic-surpluses-are-still-getting-huge-federal-bailouts/
 
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