vestige of the honor system in this country, and quite frankly people our letting it down in a big way. Dollar amounts of theft are off the charts these days. Is it any wonder that the price of a paper keeps going up? It is a crime, a crime punishable of a $1000 fine and one year in jail. Yep, amd all the benefits that go along with a criminal record to boot.

You can help. If you see someone stealing an extra paper, speak up, say something, call the police, get a description of the person, or a license plate number. Just do the right thing. Same goes for someone you see, yanking on the door of a rack or banging it around or abusing it in any way. It is a crime, speak up. Be the stand up type of person we all used to be. Let's put them in jail where they belong.

I have heard all the stories over the years, like the paper will give you credit. NO, they do not, this is why they make us independent contractors. Or we make most of the .75 cent price. NO, we make like .15 cents on a paper. Steal just one and we need to sell the next six, just to break back even again. Oh, how about they give you a lot of extra papers every day to compensate this. Yea right. We do not even get one extra paper for us to take home and read.

So, come on folks, lets all pitch in and help, get common thieves off the street. Let's keep prices down, and the honor system in tact.