yeah, they forget their job is to serve and protect. I was downtown last week and a girl was messed up on something and flat out fell over and smashed her head on the sidewalk. we ran around the corner to get a cop and he refused to come over saying, there should be a cop there somewhere. i wouldnt be suprised if she died a few days later from brain swelling.

we over staff the police too much IMO. especially small towns.


my little virtually crime free town has the 25+ local cops, county sheriff HQ right by the city, state police field office and now an FBI office! really? 🐴 is all that necessary?

Papachristou wrote:

And the same goes for the military honestly. We spend so much money we're going broke, but no one has the balls to look at that budget and get rid of waste. There is so much corruption, kick backs and waste there, but to even suggest that is un-patriotic.

FuzzNJ wrote:

It is a much larger problem than just waste. Politicians like to go after "waste" with a scalpel. We cannot afford the military, the wars, and the global policing. The entire military needs to be reduced in size as part of any real budget/taxation discussions.

"Provide for the common defense" was not intended to be for us to provide for the common defense of the entire world.

HockeyDad wrote:

Fuzzy and hd bring up a great point. I read the Navy spends $14billion on rust every year! The military is so massive it's something none of us can comprehend.

Papachristou wrote:

But an absolute must unless you want to live in a 3rd world country..............

Oh and I'm not buying $14 billion a year on rust.....BULLSH*T flag at full mast.


Ron

Whistlebritches wrote:

You right wingers are just so crazy it's almost funny until you get to make the decisions for the rest of us.

FuzzNJ wrote:

until the defense of the entire world affects the global economy, which hurts our economy. with unstable global security concerns, global/domestic economics are heavily affected.

MTappert wrote:

Fuzzy and hd bring up a great point. I read the Navy spends $14billion on rust every year! The military is so massive it's something none of us can comprehend.

Papachristou wrote:

well eventually you lefties will run out of other peoples money to buy votes with 🇨🇮

Papachristou wrote:

You right wingers are just so crazy it's almost funny until you get to make the decisions for the rest of us.

FuzzNJ wrote:

almost lost the cole in october 2000

MTappert wrote:

Oh and I'm not buying $14 billion a year on rust.....BULLSH*T flag at full mast.


Ron

Whistlebritches wrote:

So are you saying that we need to raise revenue to pay for this much needed global military to protect the global economy and that the Bush tax cuts should be repealed for everyone and new tax increases should be instituted so that we can pay our fair share.

HockeyDad wrote: