Quote Originally Posted by bowlslit:
I asked him a question based on my perception from other threads that he doesn't seem to care how much it costs cities to pay for police officers.
Because he doesn't have a limit, it pisses him off. Its not the same. I just asked him a simple question that he could easily answer by saying whatever is sustainable.
I have answered your question about this until iam blue in the face.
First off you need to drop this sustainable fox news catch phrase.
Sorry to burst your bubble but things like having police on the streets is always going to matter in the society we live in. We cant just get rid of cops and have less on the street, while the population is getting bigger. Having a civilized society with enough police to do the job safely and right is more important then this catchy sustainable phrase. Sorry but people will have to come up with more cash to maintain are type of society. I also said the reason more people have to foot the bill is because less people have jobs in the country, but that doesnt mean we need less cops then. Bottomline is and i have said it over and over again, if the jobs were brought back to this country then there would be a bigger pool of people paying taxes for things like cops.
Also taxpapyer paying the salaries of a cop is no differnt then people paying for car insurance{which they gotta have if they want a car} to the insurance company, which in turn pays all you agents. everytime you get a raise, the cost of insurance for the customer goes up. Really should a guy selling insurance really make 75k or more a year? What is sustainable for the customer? Between car insurance, health insurance, life insurance, home owners insurance, they are being cleaned out by the insurance industry. And please save the i get my customers great deals, because i dont care if you sell the cheapest insurance in the world, bottomline is all the insurances are still way overpriced, when insurance agents are knocking down 75k or more. Something is wrong there.
Really how do you sleep at night complaining about what a cop makes, when you are knocking down major bucks for doing a job that isnt even remotely close to the job he has to do. Everyday when he goes to work, it could very well be his last due to the dangers of the job. Do you have to worry about that type of shit while sitting at your desk? Of course not. So really you should be glad to pay a person to do that job and keep you safe, a job am sure you wouldnt really want to do.
But am gonna say it again, the companies using the slave labor is what is destroying our country and until guys like you realize this, your gonna keep blaming the union cop just trying to do a very hard job each day.
These companies that use slave labor dont want to come back here and even pay people 5 bucks an hour, when they can get labor for 16 cents an hour. They arent coming back here, unless you are willing to work for wages like that. So the people with jobs are gonna have to pay more.
Do you think i like paying more taxes? No i dont, but i realize that i live in the best society in the world and in order to live in that type of society it costs money.
Lastly you can expect to have people risk their lives daily being cops, for 10 bucks an hour with no benefits, just because you dont want to pay more.
Am sure you get raises and bonuses at your job. So its not fair for the cops to ask their employer {you the tax payer }for a raise? Come on get real.
Be happy you got a great paying job and you dont have to be a cop in todays world