Once again the Governor pursues the path of punishment rather than accepting the mistake he has made in putting more pressure on the , already strained , individual economy. You cannot take over 7 hundred thousand dollars directly out of the state local economies and not expect an increase in the crime rate. This is exactly the wrong way to fix the problem , but it keeps the funding for the government structure readily available. People need incomes , not sentences in jail for stealing because they can no longer afford to buy.