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In Toronto highly-trained cops are leaving because salaries in the exurbs are comparable and afford a higher standard of living (because you’re not forking as m
by allengeorge 8y ago
In Toronto highly-trained cops are leaving because salaries in the exurbs are comparable and afford a higher standard of living (because you’re not forking as much over for housing).
This is a loss for the city because training is expensive. This movement is being repeated across professions.
- pg_bot 8y agoThis is completely rational behavior, if Toronto wants to keep its police officers they should offer a higher wage.
- falcolas 8y agoWhich means they need more money, which means a tax hike. The tax hike is voted upon by the city citizens, and denied. Instead, the citizens become more likely to complain about the lack of responsiveness of police, and use it to justify their choices to not pay more taxes for those "lazy police." Cops, teachers, janitors - these are poor candidates for "market forces".
- pg_bot 8y agoSo the citizens move, the city shrinks, housing becomes more affordable and they don't need to raise salaries as the cost of living is lower. It's all an equilibrium, you can't just see one side while ignoring the other. All of those occupations are defined by market forces claiming they aren't is economic ignorance.