Comments on: The Economics of Crime http://livingonthenet.com/wordpress/the-economics-of-crime What would an Economist recommend for Trenton? Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:59:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Smith http://livingonthenet.com/wordpress/the-economics-of-crime/comment-page-1#comment-1777 Michael Smith Tue, 18 May 2010 13:53:03 +0000 http://livingonthenet.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-1777 The single most devastating act affecting the Black Community in the city of Trenton was/is Mayor Palmer desgnating Trenton a sanctuary city. Undocumented workers mainly occupy jobs on the lower economic scale of the economy.Undocumented do not do jobs no one else would do,they do jobs ordinarily held by teenagers, high school graduates,those re-entering the work force etc.... In essence Mayor Palmer sacrificed his traditionalconstinuncy in the name of politcal correctness and the democratic party.I doubt if it was purposeful.The policy of "sanctuary city" emerged out of ignorance of basic economics. The single most devastating act affecting the Black Community in the city of Trenton was/is Mayor Palmer desgnating Trenton a sanctuary city.
Undocumented workers mainly occupy jobs on the lower economic scale of the economy.Undocumented do not do jobs no one else would do,they do jobs ordinarily held by teenagers, high school graduates,those re-entering the work force etc….
In essence Mayor Palmer sacrificed his traditionalconstinuncy in the name of politcal correctness and the democratic party.I doubt if it was purposeful.The policy of “sanctuary city” emerged out of ignorance of basic economics.

]]> By: Matt Faircloth http://livingonthenet.com/wordpress/the-economics-of-crime/comment-page-1#comment-41 Matt Faircloth Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:49:10 +0000 http://livingonthenet.com/wordpress/?p=6#comment-41 Hey Dan, Great article. Break the paradigm that the potential gang member has on the lifestyle he'll lead. In my humble opinion there should be a presentation given to middle school trenton students (by high school the target audience has either made up their mind about their path or has dropped out already unfortunately...) showing the life earning potential of a college grad versus a gang member. We need to break the perception of the life they think they are going to lead. And also I must say great work on the Blog! Hey Dan,
Great article. Break the paradigm that the potential gang member has on the lifestyle he’ll lead. In my humble opinion there should be a presentation given to middle school trenton students (by high school the target audience has either made up their mind about their path or has dropped out already unfortunately…) showing the life earning potential of a college grad versus a gang member. We need to break the perception of the life they think they are going to lead.

And also I must say great work on the Blog!

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