Lack of jobs could lead to more crime.(Unemployment)

As the market continues to labor under a tax and regulatory burden that stifles all attempts at growth, the unemployment figures promise to remain at unacceptably high levels. While the media focuses on the number of unemployed, there is another story that will emerge.

This army of unemployed Americans, angry and desperate, soon will begin preying upon those with property and wealth. Crime will rise across the nation as some of those without gainful employment begin to turn to the dark side, stealing and, sometimes, killing to acquire what they want, according to attorney Jonathan W. Emord, the principal of Emord and Associates, Clifton, Va., and author of The Rise of …