Why drug Dealers live with their Moms

Great title I must say. When I saw this article I knew I had to read it. I had always asked why this was the case for many people. I had encountered a few people in my life who were saying they were "making some mad paper" (making a lot of money dealing in drugs), but yet when I looked at their lifestyles there wasn't any significant change or any incentive to me that was worth losing my sense of morals or risk time behind bars.



The pyramid structure that the drug world actually is, according to Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, does not allow those at the bottom to benefit from the system. It reminds me of the indentured servant in the way that these "foot soldiers" do all the dangerous work while the boss and his immediate crew members reap most of the rewards. The foot soldiers are driven by the idea of one day being recruited into the main circle-- for a job that dictates that there is a 1 in every 4chance of being killed, it baffles me that anyone would still want to risk it.

In fact once all the numbers and calculations are done, they found that the average foot soldier selling hard drugs earns a paltry $3.30 an hour salary.
Ladies and gentlemen $3.30 for a job that is unofficially the most dangerous job in the world (next to timber cutters who risk a 1 in 200 chance of being killed) why on earth would anyone want to risk it.