> 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 no

> 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=...