Nowadays you'd be surprised at just how many sharp and capable street guys decline the offer. Especially the more savvier guys who actually deserve a 'button' and know what they're doing. The fellas who would actually be a true asset to a borgata, and not some ignorant grunt who doesn't know any better, or really know the life.

In fact, most of the fellas who they DO accept and give a button to nowadays (not all, but most), are in actuality scraping the bottom of the recruit barrel, and the hierarchies know it too.

It's just that they have no other recruits of a better caliber to bring in. So its either accept these nincompoops into the ranks to bolster their numbers, or retreat and shrivel up their borgata to a smaller rank and file size.

And IMO, they may well be better off in the long run to go with 'quality,' instead of 'quantity,' as they have been.

Either way, Cosa Nostra is in dire straits nowadays, and I don't see it improving anytime soon!