Ok, now make the same argument for those guilty of wage theft and see how much push back you get. (Estimates suggest wage theft and shoplifting both cost the U

Ok, now make the same argument for those guilty of wage theft and see how much push back you get. (Estimates suggest wage theft and shoplifting both cost the US economy ~$40 billion/year. But one of these crimes results in virtually zero jail time.) What is behind the US love affair with jail? It's perverse.