Who knows how many fewer criminals there might be, if social safety nets, providing for people's basic needs of food, shelter, health care and education? How d

Who knows how many fewer criminals there might be, if social safety nets, providing for people's basic needs of food, shelter, health care and education? How do you cure homelessness? You provide homes. How do you deal with mental and physical illness? You provide health care. How do you give people are path forwards? You provide education. All of these things are what our societies are for. To carry on about "law and order" and even the "rule of law" without also quoting the part about "promote the general welfare" is to completely miss the purpose.