Monday, July 29, 2013

I wonder how this would work in certain parts of Chicago or Detroit or Cleveland or... you pick the city? We don't have a crime and violence problem, we have a cultural problem.
Congratulations to Hawaii and Alabama, just named the most honest states in America. The beverage company Honest Tea set up unmanned booths offering bottles of tea. A sign asked buyers to put a dollar per bottle in a collection box, on the honor system. On average, 92 percent of Americans paid. But only in Hawaii and Alabama did 100 percent pony up the dollar. The company’s CEO said it was reassuring to know that 92 percent of Americans will do the right thing, even when nobody’s watching. In fact, there was only one example of extreme dishonesty. When they were conducting the experiment in Washington, DC…somebody stole his bicycle. Well, don’t think of it as stealing. Think of it as “sharing the wealth.”

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