The vast majority of these people are not stealing out of desperation. This is just the intersection of shitty culture and insufficient enforcement. >They come

The vast majority of these people are not stealing out of desperation. This is just the intersection of shitty culture and insufficient enforcement. >They come in every day, sometimes twice a day, with laundry bags and just load up on stuff,” the Post quoted a store employee saying We've all seen the videos. When egregious behavior like this goes unpunished and is publicized, there's no shortage of unscrupulous thieves who will line up for an easy score. There is always a subset of the population which only follows laws out of fear of punishment.