Elderly Crime Rate Skyrockets as Japan's Grandmas and Grandpas Reduced To Shoplifting

``Some 70 percent of the elderly crimes, according to a government white paper written in 2012, were acts of shoplifting by impoverished pensioners. A 2012 editorial in the Japan Times said the surge in elderly crime "primarily [stems] from bad economic conditions," exacerbated by welfare cuts as more and more of Japan's population enter their twilight years.'' -- This shows that the real truth on the ground is that QE is purely a government and financial affair; real people are actually being subject to austerity, overall...