| They often say crime does not pay and indeed | | | | stories the reason is that they are telling the |
| there are numerous examples of this. There are | | | | story from behind bars. Yes it makes for a good |
| also examples of careers in crime, which do pay, | | | | book and movie, but even so with those new |
| well at least for a while. For instance there is the | | | | laws you cannot keep the money you make |
| bank robber who lives quite well for a little while | | | | from the story of your dishonest life. |
| with literally money to burn and then after his | | | | Recently an online think tank discussed this and |
| short career gets to retire with full benefits and | | | | we came to the conclusion that crime really does |
| live in a gated community; Prison. Well not exactly | | | | not make sense, because others suffer from |
| the career, pension or retirement at the golf | | | | your misdeeds and you will lose out in the end. So |
| course you had in mind is it? | | | | on a scale of one to ten we rate a life of crime |
| You see a career in crime can pay off if you are | | | | as a TWO, and the benefits as a 1.5 at the end |
| lucky and talented but in the end it is not a very | | | | of retirement. We give a life of crime two |
| good career choice even though retirement does | | | | thumbs down and recommend you go to college, |
| come with free food, laundry service and | | | | get a degree and go legit. If you are considering a |
| boarding. Occasionally, we hear stories of criminals | | | | life of crime, re-consider ASAP for your own |
| who have made a life of crime and gotten away | | | | sake. |
| with it for a long time. Yet if we hear these | | | | |