How many people, in the real world, are going to be tempted to steal a few bucks?
Quite a lot, in my experience. I've seen so many well-paid people fired for fiddling their expenses over trivial amounts. Eric Flint, as befits a fiction author, makes a rhetorically compelling case though!
Even more take home with them papers or pens from their workplace and don't get punished for it.
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