People who make bad choices tend to commit the kinds of crime that tend to get caught. People who make bad choices also tend to have more expenditures than inco

People who make bad choices tend to commit the kinds of crime that tend to get caught. People who make bad choices also tend to have more expenditures than income, so they don’t have a lot of money. Changing the amount of money they have (e.g. winning the lottery as mentioned in the article) doesn’t change a person’s propensity for making bad decisions, so it’s not surprising that they continue to commit crimes, including the kinds of crime that tend to get caught. Note - there are many ways to become poor that have nothing to do with committing crimes, so just because a person is poor doesn’t mean they are someone who would commit a crime.