> I would like to see a city sell the tanks it gets from the feds and use the money for 911, and other needed services. I'd like for my fellow citizens to agre

> I would like to see a city sell the tanks it gets from the feds and use the money for 911, and other needed services. I'd like for my fellow citizens to agree to fund the police properly, as well as the schools. I know "taxes" are a bad word, but either we agree to pay for these things or they will underperform. I know there is inefficiency and corruption, but if the budget is $100m and $20m is lost to inefficiency, cutting the budget to $60m won't cure the inefficiency, it will only cut the available funding to from $80m to $48m. (Also, I'm not convinced that government is so inefficient relative to other large organizations, such as every large company; politicians promising 'more efficiency' seems like a promise of hand-wavy magic that will get something (more resources) for nothing.)