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		NautilusWave on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $8M Heist from the Carnegie Library Sure, stealing is bad; but honestly, don't underpay the person in charge of something so valuable! Besides that, this sounds like extreme negligence on behalf of the library.

felipemnoa on Aug 23, 2020 | [–]

They mentioned it in the article that the only thing stopping someone from stealing things they are supposed to be protecting is a good conscience.

quickthrower2 on Aug 24, 2020 | [–]

Pay them enough to put 4 kids through private school?

NautilusWave on Aug 26, 2020 | [–]

For someone to be solely responsible for such an invaluable collection? That doesn't sound outrageous at all.

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