<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:46:21 GMT, Orlando Enrique Fiol
> > wrote:
>
>>sf wrote:
>>>And armed guards to protect them. There's a reason why decent
>>>groceries and other retail businesses are not near public housing
>>>projects.
>>
>>See my other post. When people need or want things they can't afford,
>>they often resort to theft. Grocery stores would have to be subsidized
>>so that their merchandise was consistently affordable or even free to
>>the poorest people in greatest need.
>>
> People in America are not that poor. Drugs are at the root of the
> problem, not poverty. Drug dealers don't barter, they deal in cold
> cash. People steal to get money to buy drugs. If they receive
> welfare, their priority is drugs not food. Even so, stealing food
> isn't a necessity here in America. All they need to do is show up at
> a soup kitchen and they are fed.

Hmmm, perhaps there should be drug kitchens too.