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> If in fact nobody is actually benefiting from government services, And my point is this is patently false. Would you be okay if the NYP announced that it wo

> If in fact nobody is actually benefiting from government services, And my point is this is patently false. Would you be okay if the NYP announced that it would not enforce or police crimes perpetrated against Chinatown businesses because of widespread tax fraud? If you truly believed if what you wrote, you would not care: the government isn't providing any service then this should be a non-issue, the government didn't provide any services so this announcement is a no-op. Of course such a proclamation would be heinous, because contrary to your insistence that the government doesn't provide services they absolutely do provide critical services. The reality is that people just don't want to pay taxes and are using their frustration with what they perceive to be government inefficiency or corruption as justification for their tax fraud.

pdonis 4y ago
The fact that the NYP doesn't announce that it's not policing crimes that it should be policing, does not mean that it actually is policing crimes that it should be policing. Again, you can't just help yourself to the claim that the government actually does what it's supposed to do. Nor can you just assume that it must be because of how you expect that people would respond to some hypothetical announcement.
- Manuel_D 4y ago
  So you'd be totally fine if the NYP made an official announcement: "As of today any crimes perpetrated against Chinatown businesses will not result in law enforcement response." I'm talking in terms of real, concrete actions. You'd genuinely be okay with the government singling out this community and making it clear that it's fair game for criminals to target this community?
  - pdonis 4y ago
    Why are you singling out Chinatown?
    - Manuel_D 4y ago
      Just as an example. Like I said, you should be totally unfazed by the NYP saying "we won't enforce any crimes against Chinatown businesses" if you truly believe that New York isn't providing any social services.

pdonis 4y ago

The fact that the NYP doesn't announce that it's not policing crimes that it should be policing, does not mean that it actually is policing crimes that it should be policing. Again, you can't just help yourself to the claim that the government actually does what it's supposed to do. Nor can you just assume that it must be because of how you expect that people would respond to some hypothetical announcement.

Manuel_D 4y ago
So you'd be totally fine if the NYP made an official announcement: "As of today any crimes perpetrated against Chinatown businesses will not result in law enforcement response." I'm talking in terms of real, concrete actions. You'd genuinely be okay with the government singling out this community and making it clear that it's fair game for criminals to target this community?
- pdonis 4y ago
  Why are you singling out Chinatown?
  - Manuel_D 4y ago
    Just as an example. Like I said, you should be totally unfazed by the NYP saying "we won't enforce any crimes against Chinatown businesses" if you truly believe that New York isn't providing any social services.