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Policemen make six figures. Others commute from 2 hours in.
by NTDF9 8y ago
Policemen make six figures. Others commute from 2 hours in.
- i_am_nomad 8y agoTo be fair, police (and firefighters) make six figures because they have powerful unions who finance the campaigns of the very people who decide their salaries. Ironic that the people charged with protecting our communities are the ones destroying them.
- NTDF9 8y agoI can't blame them. They need living income. The only people destroying this place are NIMBYs who won't allow faster construction of more units. Ultimately businesses have to relocate to find talent. Seattle, Austin, NYC and Boston are super well-positioned. Amazon HQ2 is important for this very reason. It is a gigantic churner of talent and can do wonders.
- 14 8y agoI am very curious as to what they are going to do for revenue when the self driving cars take over and prevent the millions of dollars in fines drives acquire each year.
- smsm42 8y agoI wonder how self-driving cars would change parking situation. SF profits a lot from parking tickets - about $300m/year - and the situation with parking is usually abysmal, which in turn enhances that income. But if you can just have you car drive somewhere by itself to remote parking and then have it come back when needed... that changes the whole equation.
- adrianN 8y agoI'm not sure how paying policemen a wage that allows them to live where they work is destroying the community.
- asdff 8y agoThey risk life and limb for the betterment of the community, I think they deserve 6 figures more than a techworker at facebook if you wanted to get moral about it.