When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton reportedly said, “Because that’s where the money is.”
That wasn’t necessarily a wisecrack, and Sutton denied having said it, though late in life he admitted if he had been asked, that likely would be his reply. Success for some is measured by the amount of money they have, and banks are known to have lots of it. For a bank robber it’s a matter of switching ownership of it through a threatened act of violence.
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