Wal-Mart Eases Up on Shoplifters

Wal-Mart has long been known for a very strict policy: call the police on anyone who takes anything. But that policy is over. Wal-Mart will no longer be prosecuting first-time shoplifters unless they are between 18 and 65 and have stolen more than $25 worth of stuff.

The idea here is to have a bunch of minors or senior citizens do your shoplifting for you.. I’ll have to do some research on what an acceptable fee would be.. 10 cent on the dollar?

Anyway, I saw this on Dave’s blog and he got it from the Freakonomics blog. I’m sure you have seen the book, but you know how I feel about books…