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Opinions/Editorials Title: “Generating New Revenue Streams” …from impoverished serfs, no less. Any person of decency and even the flimsiest compassion feels for the myriad victims of the Feds’ failed economics. Contrast your sympathetic reaction with that of cops: they see the same misery and disaster and lament the “downward spiral in … city governments’ revenue streams” that “has occurred for the last five years starting with the housing bubble that burst property tax returns by 40 percent.” Poor little piggies might face the same unemployment their sky-high expenditures have inflicted on taxpayers: “The common reaction to a budget crisis is reducing personnel and cutting services.” And so cops must “generat[e] new revenue streams as a proactive approach to meet the fiscal crisis of today and the uncertain future of tomorrow.” While we bust our butts making the mortgage and feeding the kids, these vile predators scheme not only to “maintain” but “expand police service…” (Emphasis added. And I won’t even comment on the obscene perversion of the word “service”…) The porcine writer then invents ways to rob us further, including “fine increases by 50 percent,” “resident fee similar to a utility tax,” “public safety fees on all new development in the city” (hey, that oughta accelerate the ol’ “downward spiral”), and “pay-per-call policing.” Perhaps my favorite is “triple driving-under-the-influence fines by the court” since it explodes the excuse that the State’s war on alcohol and drugs has anything to do with safety. Nope, it’s all about the money, as is ever the case with Leviathan’s “protection” rackets. These unspeakably barbaric thugs see us as nothing more than cash-cows—when they aren’t using us for target-practice. I recommend printing this article, not only published in Police Chief Magazine but written by one such criminal, and handing it to your “cops-are-the-g00d-guys” friends so they can read of the omnivorous, callous greed for themselves. (Thanks to Bill Martin for the link.) Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 5. Poor little piggies might face The writer of the article must have grown up in a trailer park watching WWE. It's difficult to read through the dysfunctionalness of the writer to digest any decent talking points.
#3. To: GrandIsland (#2) It's difficult to read... Here's a summation - cops are whining because they don't make enough money and haven't been able to fund all of their toys. Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs.
#5. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz (#3) Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs.
Smoke & Mirrors "trickle down" economics... Wall Street teams up with the Chicoms to downsize and outsource our industrial tax-base, and then turns around and blames the serfs and our government. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the GOP/Tea Party trashes democratic principles in favor of corrupt, one-party plutocracy.
Replies to Comment # 5. #6. To: Willie Green, Deckard, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz, TooConservative, A Pole (#5) Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs. Pretty much with the added provision that the Democrats are also in on it at the party level though rank and file Democrats seem to be less interestest in free trade while free trade seems to be more supported in the GOP elected side. It seems the split is most GOP and some Democrats support free trade.
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