Rob from the Poor and Give to the Rich.

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Why is it that people steal from poor folks? A friend of ours who is on a really low income and not in good health has just had his mobile 'phone stolen. He even knows who took it but the police say unless _he_ can prove it they can't do anything (and there was me thinking that kind of thing was their job...). The toe-rag who took the 'phone could not, by any stretch of the imagination, have not known that our friend is really poor. He also must have known he recently had a major operation and that the 'phone itself is a very basic model which is the only 'phone the family have. So the toe-rag steals the phone and now our friend has had to buy another one - an expense he can do without but has to bear because, like I said, he isn't well and the family _a_ 'phone. The mobile 'phone company get a little bit richer which is why I said rob from the poor and give to the rich. I hope the toe-rag is proud of himself that he's managed to do a Robin Hood in reverse. What do you think, is it your experience that the really poor are more often the victims of crime?