SERIOUS QUESTION: Do you ever really get overwhelmed by how our current reality is a genuine dystopian nightmare yet everyone still acts like it is completely normal ??
The minimum wage should be set at a level that, if you work 40 hours per week, you can afford housing, healthcare, and groceries, no matter the job you are doing. And that is not a radical belief.
You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. The actual reason so called nice neighborhoods have lower crime rates is because people’s basic needs are being met. It is not because of police, alarm systems, or neighborhood associations. Poverty creates crime.