Who says Wal-Mart doesn't care about the little guy?

New Wal-Mart Policy: Big-time shoplifters BAD; small-time shoplifters, not so much.

According to internal documents, the company, the nation’s largest retailer and leading destination for shoplifting, will no longer prosecute first-time thieves unless they are between 18 and 65 and steal merchandise worth at least $25, putting the chain in line with the policies of many other retailers.

So I'm thinking; how many $24.99 five-finger discounts could a person get away with before the first time he gets caught? Let's just say it's 20; that sounds like a reasonable number. One per day for twenty days. He'd get away with almost five hundred bucks worth of stuff and, if caught, get a warning and nothing on his police record.

So I'm also thinking; is there a way for this to replace welfare? The poor can eat pretty well on $24.99 a day in stolen food. Why do we need food stamps anymore?

[H/T 2 Drudge.]