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Don’t believe it? Take a look at this article below. After promising to build a fence along the border, and after increasing funding to secure our borders; congress stripped the funding, AGAIN, without telling the public. BUT, it’s not too late: Read Below and click the link to get involved!

Without explanation, Congress has stripped away $3 billion in desperately needed funds to build the Border Fence that it approved last year and to provide for other border security.

That’s right—without telling the public, Congress is pulling the plug on the U.S.-Mexico Border Fence that it voted for with such enthusiasm last year (just before they asked voters to re-elect them).

Help us turn this petition into a national overnight phenomenon. Time is critical—Congress will finalize this funding question before Christmas!

Will you take a minute to sign it right now? Go to www.ReformUS.org.

IF CONGRESS DOES NOT RESTORE THE FUNDING . . .

. . . THERE WILL BE NO BORDER FENCE!

Note From Joe – C’mon folks. When is this game going to end? They keep doing what we demand as long as it’s making news, and then they go behind our backs and strip away what they just voted to do. We’re doomed if people don’t start voting for people with common sense, and stop voting their pocket books.

This information comes from NumbersUSA.

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Shoplifting is our nation’s “silent crime”. Parents don’t want to believe it, schools don’t address it, retailers don’t want to talk about it, police don’t want to respond to it, courts don’t want to deal with it and the people who do the shoplifting either rationalize it as “no big deal” or are too ashamed or too afraid to admit it.

As a result, shoplifting has become one of the most prevalent crimes in the U.S., averaging about 550,000 incidents per day resulting in more than $13 billion worth of goods being stolen from retailers each year. That is more than $35 million in losses per day. Current estimates are as high as 1 in 11 Americans who shoplift in our nation today.

Even with all the advances in security measures, shoplifters are only caught once in 49 times they steal and when caught, turned over to the police only 50% of the time. This is due, in part, to the fact that there is a trend away from shoplifter apprehension and prosecution by retailers, law enforcement and the courts as a way to cope with increasing costs, time issues and legal liability. These issues and others lead to the majority of shoplifting incidents going unrecognized, unreported and unresolved. . .thereby perpetuating the problem. Even so, reported shoplifting offenses are currently on the rise according to the FBI Crime Index.

The Issue

This very good article by the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention points out some very interesting facts, and does a good job of showing just how wide-spread the problem of shoplifting has become. They describe the “addiction” to shoplifting that some claim to have, and discuss ways to combat shoplifting, as well as how shoplifting affects us all. Give them a look. I’m not sure I buy the “sickness” aspect, but they do seem to have their statistics right.

They have also surveyed thousands of confessed shoplifters, and built a list of “reasons why” they steal. This is a very good read for any loss prevention professional.

“Information and statistics provided by the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) a nonprofit organization providing research-based shoplifting prevention initiatives including education, prevention, justice and rehabilitation programs. Contact NASP: email nasp@shopliftingprevention.org; or visit www.shopliftingprevention.org.”

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