I know people making more than that selling that MonaVie crap.

Bathia_Mapes: I make more than that working a minimum wage job.

Congratulations on your new raise, by the way.

He dipped too much into his product and smoked up the profits. Also, he may not be reporting all his income so the IRS doesn't come after him.

FTA: Grant was arrested for possession of property for trafficking or manufacturing a controlled substance and sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a place of worship.

Gotta love that we target anyone within 1000 feed of a place of worship, or parks, or schools. That takes care of the dangerous ones. Right?

Bathia_Mapes: ?? What new raise?

Minimum wage increase

Bathia_Mapes: The only state that has a higher minimum wage than us is Washington.

Huh. I'd think that Cali would have a higher minimum wage, seeing as how the cost of living is insane.

Bathia_Mapes: the minimum wage rates in Alaska & Hawaii

I completely blanked Alaska. Of course, it was probably because my brain refused to believe that anyone would work a minimum wage job in Alaska.

Occam's Chainsaw: Huh. I'd think that Cali would have a higher minimum wage, seeing as how the cost of living is insane.

California can't afford it.

Read Freakonomics. This is the norm not the exception.

$150 a week! That's shameful! Lets give this man a stimulus payment immediately. Time to go about setting a minimum wage for drug dealers. Ta, must go legislate....

Actually, that's a fairly common take for a cornerboy. The people you see with all the "bling" and Caddies and grills are the foremen and bosses.

Most street level kids don't even use, but they sling to try and help their family, and risk their lives in doing it. Not necessarily in a monetary fashion either. If a 15 year old is living with his grandmother on a drug block, and he agrees to call out 5-0s or even sell product himself, Grandma is now safe on that block.

The street corner dealer is no one to be envious of.

Man, if I were the cops, I think I'd cut this guy a break, probably laugh at him a little and let him go.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Read Freakonomics some time. The fast majority of dealers make very little, in hopes of surviving long enough to be a drug lord.

Came here to reference the Freakonomics take on drug dealing. I see that has been taken care of.

Someone should read Freakonomics.

/Freakonomics

Has anyone here read Freakonomics?

"Obama wants crappy-arse drug dealers to go back to school!!"

/would shop that, but I'm visiting the parents
//laughed at the thought of a dancing crack head picture.

Benevolent Misanthrope: Read Freakonomics some time

Loved the line "Why do drug dealers live with their mothers?"

I know small time drug dealers that don't make the big bucks.

It's probably the smartest way to go. You don't generate a lot of suspicion.

They have been dealing drugs this way for more than 30 years and it's supplemented their income quite nicely over that time period.

The small time drug dealers that are really the best at it have control over their greed.

They actually have had many opportunities to go big but they turn them down time after time.

Has anyone mentioned Freakonomics yet?


/ patiently awaiting Freakonomics 2: Electric Boogaloo
// SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
/// likes my name better

recommended reading.

"You're doing it wrong"

yeah we should stop arresting people who are obviously not causing problems.


so i wonder, is the $150/week net or gross profit. homie is probably just smoking it all himself like most drug dealers

its probably not a full time venture for the dude, but who knows. when my younger bro was selling drugs he'd make like 200 bucks a day, then go blow it on stupid shiat or pay off his "loan shark", im glad my brother got busted and is making it through rehab and stuff.

Bob16: I know small time drug dealers that don't make the big bucks.

It's probably the smartest way to go. You don't generate a lot of suspicion.

They have been dealing drugs this way for more than 30 years and it's supplemented their income quite nicely over that time period.

THIS

Some folks do it just so they basically do not have to pay money for their personal product. That right there can save some folks (me) $300+ a month.

The minmum wage in the UK is $9.50 and anyone on that low income would get help with rent, tax refunds for children etc. Oh and of course not forgetting completely free of charge healthcare at the point of demand, whatever their age or however much treatment they needed. Or has that been dealt with on another thread?

boaterboy37: The minmum wage in the UK is $9.50 and anyone on that low income would get help with rent, tax refunds for children etc. Oh and of course not forgetting completely free of charge healthcare at the point of demand, whatever their age or however much treatment they needed. Or has that been dealt with on another thread?

Yeah we know as americans we're the loser country thanks to the last 30 years of raygunomics.

Link to the "Best Place To Live" survey" where america comes in almost last.

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/Articles/a2004-09-22-mag-global.html

Benevolent Misanthrope: Read Freakonomics some time. The fast majority of dealers make very little, in hopes of surviving long enough to be a drug lord.

This is a pretty good explaination.


[Freakonomics Author] Steven Levitt analyzes crack economics (video - new window)

frizzantik: "You're doing it wrong"

yeah we should stop arresting people who are obviously not causing problems.


so i wonder, is the $150/week net or gross profit. homie is probably just smoking it all himself like most drug dealers

you dont sell drugs on the corner often, do you?

This was all covered in the first season of "The Wire." Poor Wallace.

Yeah we know as americans we're the loser country thanks to the last 30 years of raygunomics.

Link to the "Best Place To Live" survey" where america comes in almost last.

http://www.aarpmagazine.org/lifestyle/Articles/a2004-09-22-mag-global.html

It's so horrible here. That's why we are and have been the country of choice for immigrants over 30 years.

trueaustinite: Read Freakonomics. This is the norm not the exception.



???

At least this isn't an alleged Fonzie scheme.

/thank you, Psych

Benevolent Misanthrope: Read Freakonomics some time. The fast majority of dealers make very little, in hopes of surviving long enough to be a drug lord.

Came in here to say this. Free agent pot/coke dealers can make quite a bit, but the majority of dealers are working in a corporate sort of set up, and most of the money earned is distributed to the gang, with the leaders pulling in gross portions.

The low level $5/hr earning dealers are also the ones most often killed. Of course, if you try to play a numbers game and skim a little more for yourself, you'll be beaten to a pulp or shot in the head. "Drug deal goes wrong" appears as a blip in the news

Oh I forgot you also have to include that a lot of their product is seized by police, they're frequently put in jail, so they need to use bail money, and a lot of them support families.

Mr 150/week probably worked 30 hours a week, but put in overtime on the first and fifteenth knaamean.

the only reason to do it is,,, your stuff works out to be free. not worth doing it for a living.. buy a QP bust it up. sell it (to long time friends) and you get like an oz free. get you thru the month just fine.

Wow, guess he should give Avon a try.

He's obviously doing this not for the money, but for the sheer joy of fulfilling his fellow man's vital needs. Where's the HERO tag?

DNRTFA, but most drug dealers I've had experience with both work and sell. The selling is just to supplement income so they can afford more than just the basic necessities. But, this guy is a crack dealer, so maybe it's different somehow.

Frank Lucas made a million per day...in the late 60's and early 70's.

zfarkingman: the only reason to do it is,,, your stuff works out to be free. not worth doing it for a living.. buy a QP bust it up. sell it (to long time friends) and you get like an oz free. get you thru the month just fine.

This is more likely what he's doing. I love all the people explaining how the drug business really works. It's obvious they didn't read the article. He doesn't work on a corner, he works in his trailer. He also has been smoking crack himself for 20 years. He probably just buys a larger amount to get a volume discount, and sells the rest to friends/acquaintances. You end up getting yours for free/cheap.

trancemission: He's obviously doing this not for the money, but for the sheer joy of fulfilling his fellow man's vital needs. Where's the HERO tag?

Amen, he's the salt of the earth.

"First they came for the underpriced drug dealers, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't an underpriced drug dealer."