>And IMHO those benefits far outweigh how much you (or anyone else) wants to stick it to those dirty criminals. To clarify, I'm explaining why it would be unpo

>And IMHO those benefits far outweigh how much you (or anyone else) wants to stick it to those dirty criminals. To clarify, I'm explaining why it would be unpopular. I'm not saying I personally agree with it. Please try to not conflate the argument with the person. Many people aren't great at seeing long term or higher order effects. I'm explaining the immediate visibility problem, where someone is told that more help is provided for criminals than non-criminals. That the long term effects are worth it doesn't work well to convince people whose views are short term. We can see many government problems resulting from prioritizing short term reasoning. Take the war on drugs. People see drugs, think "I should ban it so my kids won't be hooked on drugs." They don't think of the long term effects of a war on drug, and as a result we have our modern day war on drugs with all the harm it has brought us.