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Stargazer99

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18. Maybe not making enough money to cover all the costs of rent, insurance, etc

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 16, 2023, 08:41 AM

Feb 2023

What is the point of working if you can't pay everything to survive. One car repair, doctor visit, ect and cant pay the rent, etc. The middle class thinks they are having trouble and the low-income class isn't having it even more difficult?

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Catalytic converter thief killed when driver wakes up and runs over him, authorities say [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2023 OP

Crime never pays Delarage Feb 2023 #1

Instant karma! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #2

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #6

Exactly. niyad Feb 2023 #33

Good. dalton99a Feb 2023 #3

Jobs are plentiful and "nobody wants to work anymore" IronLionZion Feb 2023 #4

Maybe not making enough money to cover all the costs of rent, insurance, etc Stargazer99 Feb 2023 #18

To be worth prison time, injury, or death? IronLionZion Feb 2023 #20

You mean it is a choice between being on the street or jail? How about children needing a home? Stargazer99 Feb 2023 #23

You don't make your own life easier by making life more difficult for another. colorado_ufo Feb 2023 #29

Is that the case for this now deceased? Kaleva Feb 2023 #36

Bigger question, does that mean the woman here is the bad person in the situiation? Lancero Feb 2023 #41

The people doing this car theft are thugs . They cause financial problems for others JI7 Feb 2023 #38

these thefts are a big problem in LA... my brother had his CC stolen LymphocyteLover Feb 2023 #5

Well, that works. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #7

Heh, I was just about to post the same thing. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2023 #9

Absolutely. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #12

I don't know that I would support death as wnylib Feb 2023 #25

I see it as... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #27

Well, he did take a life threatening risk, wnylib Feb 2023 #31

Indeed. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #32

I believe they call it an occupational hazard. Ace Rothstein Feb 2023 #42

I feel bad for the driver. Ace Rothstein Feb 2023 #8

This Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #19

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #28

Yes. niyad Feb 2023 #34

FAFO EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #10

It's a problem around here, they do it in the middle of the day, in public places. dem4decades Feb 2023 #11

There's an analogy here somewhere, right? Danascot Feb 2023 #13

They cause a lot of people financial troubles when they do this JI7 Feb 2023 #14

Karma rambler_american Feb 2023 #15

Catalyic Thief Converted to Juice bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #16

You're exhausting! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2023 #17

I don't feel sorry for the thief, the Emile Feb 2023 #21

Too bad they can't program car to drive a few feet when the catalytic converter is being tampered. LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #22

Or at least for the engine to start Captain Zero Feb 2023 #37

Who are receiving the stolen converters? Are they being held accountable too? LiberalFighter Feb 2023 #24

My thoughts too! Emile Feb 2023 #30

Dumb Crook News SouthernDem4ever Feb 2023 #26

A darwin winner? niyad Feb 2023 #35

Speed bump in the game of life. Historic NY Feb 2023 #39

Karma usually plays the long game. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #40