Post by duke on Feb 12, 2013 20:18:34 GMT -5
As one young man explained it to me: "I feel like I'm in a nightmare from which I can't escape!"
Unemployed=unpaid fine=suspended license because of unpaid fine=stop by cop while driving to job you were recently able to acquire (excited? wait!)=get arrested before your first paycheck for driving on a suspended license=another fine you're unable to pay for=release from jail= only to find out your employer finds out you've been arrested=you lose your job=so you can't pay=can't get your license reinstated=no choice but to apply for public assistance {food stamps (be accused of being a leech on society}(especially if you have mouths to feed)=take chance a drive on your suspended license cuz someone hired you for a day and will pay you for that day=YEAH! EXCITEMENT=EQUALS I can get the lights turned back on/water etc. etc.=Oh wait! Get pulled over again=have some cash in your pocket from that one days work laying roof/drywall etc.=cop say that must be drug money=confiscate money=court refuse to return money after realizing you own a fine=back to square one=I GOTTA DO SOMETHING, MY FAMILY IS SINKING=slick kat, dressed in the nines comes along and offer you an opportunity to make some cash=illegal?=YES! But you're desperate. You see continued images of hungry, cold, scared eyes starring at you=OK, I'll sling a few just this once. Just until I can gain some footing. Convince yourself this won't be a lifetime career goal=you've gotten seduced into the dangerous world of criminal activity; drug dealing and who knows what else/but it all started out with desperation and good intents.
Unemployed=unpaid fine=suspended license because of unpaid fine=stop by cop while driving to job you were recently able to acquire (excited? wait!)=get arrested before your first paycheck for driving on a suspended license=another fine you're unable to pay for=release from jail= only to find out your employer finds out you've been arrested=you lose your job=so you can't pay=can't get your license reinstated=no choice but to apply for public assistance {food stamps (be accused of being a leech on society}(especially if you have mouths to feed)=take chance a drive on your suspended license cuz someone hired you for a day and will pay you for that day=YEAH! EXCITEMENT=EQUALS I can get the lights turned back on/water etc. etc.=Oh wait! Get pulled over again=have some cash in your pocket from that one days work laying roof/drywall etc.=cop say that must be drug money=confiscate money=court refuse to return money after realizing you own a fine=back to square one=I GOTTA DO SOMETHING, MY FAMILY IS SINKING=slick kat, dressed in the nines comes along and offer you an opportunity to make some cash=illegal?=YES! But you're desperate. You see continued images of hungry, cold, scared eyes starring at you=OK, I'll sling a few just this once. Just until I can gain some footing. Convince yourself this won't be a lifetime career goal=you've gotten seduced into the dangerous world of criminal activity; drug dealing and who knows what else/but it all started out with desperation and good intents.