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I always think as an individual I would like this. But at scale I worry it would incentivize each department to advertise themselves to the public, which seems
by fimoreth 6mo ago
I always think as an individual I would like this. But at scale I worry it would incentivize each department to advertise themselves to the public, which seems to me like a waste of funds.
I already dislike the reelection cycle (politicians incentivized to always be fundraising) and would hate to see that happen per department.
- cucumber3732842 6mo agoIt would probably be wasteful initially but I doubt it would be more wasteful than bad policy that doesn't actually prioritize what the electorate wants.
- fhdkweig 6mo agoDoes PBS still do telethons like in days of old?
- janalsncm 6mo agoWhatever hypothetical law allowed individual citizens to allocate funds could also ban departments from advertising or misrepresenting what they do.
- jerlam 6mo agoThe police do something similar when a mayoral candidate promises to rein in police spending, it's called the blue flu and it's basically a strike.
- joquarky 6mo agoI find it odd that the people with the kind of mindset that is driven to become police are even willing to entertain the idea of joining a union.
- lamasery 6mo agoWell theirs is good, of course, because it protects them from soft-on-crime liberals who want open borders and communism and want to keep them from doing their jobs with ridiculous "ethical standards" and "laws governing acceptable use of force" and "civil rights" and other stupid pro-criminal shit like that.