@Joe 1st off I don't need to steal I apparently make more than you do since I own a house and manage to pay for it and my two kids with 1 job. I don't need to work 7days a week so you can hold that thought right there dear. Some of us paid to put ourselves through college and didn't whine about needing to work extra jobs as grown adults. 

Secondly as a well rounded student sociology was one of my extra classes along with earth science.  People will work hard and struggle under the presumption that they will have money later.  It's a concept that has been applied in AK multiple times over the years.  

For whatever reason thefts go down when people expect more money.  Theft goes up when they expect less.  I'm not sure why that thought process proceeds throughout Alaska but it has been a common issue here for the past 10yrs.  Take some college courses then come back and ask me
that question after you spend a week at the homeless shelter questioning those who might be able to answer you