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The US has a much higher homicide rate than its peers, which almost certainly means police face more dangerous situations in the US than in those other countrie
by CryptoPunk 6y ago
The US has a much higher homicide rate than its peers, which almost certainly means police face more dangerous situations in the US than in those other countries.
This is a far bigger issue than policing.
- cestith 6y agoOften, the issue with policing is aggravated by exactly those other factors: food insecurity, housing insecurity, income insecurity, healthcare insecurity, a culture of stimulant abuse and praising material wealth in a vastly unequal society, lack of mental and emotional support, whole swathes of communities with substandard schools and little chance for upward mobility by legal means...
- CryptoPunk 6y agoSocial welfare spending in the US increased an average of 4.8% per year between 1972 and 2011. Government spending in total increased from around 25% of GDP in the 1950s, to around 40% of GDP today, with a shift from infrastructure and military spending, to social welfare spending. So I disagree this has to do with what you're implying - society not taxing enough to fund social programs. To give a concrete example that demonstrates that: Harlem in the 1950s, when there was much less social support available through government programs, was a relatively safe neighbourhood. The situation eroded in the late 1960s and 1970s, with the rise of the Counter-Culture, along with numerous social programs as part of LBJ's Great Society campaign.
- cestith 6y agohttps://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1940USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1940USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1950USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1950USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1960USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1960USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1970USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1970USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1980USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1980USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1990USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_1990USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2000USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2000USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2010USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2010USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2015USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2015USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2020USbn https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2020USbn Please show me which years since 1940 have defense and welfare spending more in parity than they were in 1940.
- CryptoPunk 6y agoPlease note, I said social welfare spending, not welfare spending. Social welfare spending includes education, healthcare and pernsion spending.
- cestith 6y agoPensions are part of the employment contract. Education and healthcare I can understand putting in that bucket.
- CryptoPunk 6y agoPensions includes social security here.