Upfront Response to " No Job? Get Lost!" by Andrew Higgins

          In the article " No Job? Get Lost!" by Andrew Higgins the author discusses a town in Norway with some interesting political strategies. The town is called Svalbard, they have a law that is, if you don't have a job then your breaking the law, it is illegal to be unemployed. This may seem ludicrous but it's turning out to be effective with only the need of six police officer and one jail cell, which the article states as 'overkill'. The area is twice the size of New Jersey but there biggest issue is some scientists who were littering in the woods.
          The reason that most crime are so small and insignificant is because most crimes come from unemployed people in other countries. The idea is a bit harsh and not like other laws where you just don't do something and your fin, but I believe it's effective and worth the strict policy. You also may not be homeless you must stay in some form of official home, apartment, etc. Although this law may be difficult to  abide for some, but it's probably a law that every ones going to want to follow, I mean who ants to be homeless. This is definitely unfair to be a law but according to the article unemployment is 3.3% of the population. This means that 98.7% of the country is employed! The residents of Svalbard feel very safe and secure. I would honestly love to feel the ease and relaxation they do. "Residents regularly leave their car and snowmobile keys in the ignition and don't bother locking their front doors." as a new yorker this seems ridiculous because of the constant car robberies in our city but their they feel confident that wit hthe little crime going on that there's no way that they'll get robbed. The also feel safe enough that "Coffee shop patrons leave their computers unattended, never worrying they might get stolen." In a city full of crime no one in this city would risk leaving their precious lab tops out. This area feels so safe that they are confident, not in their police, but in the community. I think that this idea is actually pretty smart, since evrey one has a job no needs to commit crimes, since most crimes are from the homeless and unemployed.
          This act may seem crazy to the outsiders but in the article they give more and more reasons that this isn't so stupid. To other countries this may be idiotic but it is pretty in genius to me. There isn't any major cons besides that if you really just can't get a job or you can't afford house. This may seem harsh but it's pretty tough anyway to be homeless and unemployed and it makes people commit more. You may not want to live there but the people who do are relaxed at ease and life just seems better.