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If there's one thing this "defund the police" movement has shown me, it's how much money is spent on police departments. I would have never guessed that the pol
by jdhn 6y ago
If there's one thing this "defund the police" movement has shown me, it's how much money is spent on police departments. I would have never guessed that the police department in McKinney would be upwards of 25% of the city budget.
- spaetzleesser 6y agoI have read that in a lot of municipalities in a few decades police and firefighters will use up 100% (and more) of the budget once they have to pay out pensions. A lot of them go into retirement at around 50 and will probably live for another 30-40 years more.
- forrestthewoods 6y ago> If there's one thing this "defund the police" movement has shown me, it's how much money is spent on police departments. You have been misled. The US does not spend a crazy or obscene amount of money on the police. Government spending is a combination of local + county + state + federal. Local governments are not the primary source of funding for health or education. That’s not a bad thing. The fact that city budgets are dominated by police (and fire) has everything to do with tiers of government responsibility and nothing to do with “how much money is spent on police”. https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KnMdz38JG76qNjLfF3mv3YrIJM0=/0x0:1500x1062/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1062):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/20038723/Screen_Shot_2020_06_16_at_11.27.07_PM.png https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KnMdz38JG76qNjLfF3mv3YrIJM0=...
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