Why bitch NPR? It’s a DEMOCRAT LIBERAL PARADISE, so STFU!................
Simple solution to all liberal problems.....just raise taxes!
Tents, tortillas and beans. No A/C.
Those places should put up walls to keep Chicago’s problems within that ‘Ratopia.
The cities just raise the property and retail sales taxes until all of the citizens move away.
Stop the Welfare State, fraud and corruption and
VOILA
Problem solved
Not “ plastics”. But Priorities
if govt would stop funding insane ridiculous pensions then present day services would improve dramatically and we would have more than enough police, teachers, etc...
Gun sales go up?
I bet they have enough money to pay for social services to illegal immigrants! There are tons of them in Illinois.
I bet they have enough money to pay for social services to illegal immigrants! There are tons of them in Illinois.
You can bet the residents pay high taxes and the municipality has ample funds.
And you can also bet that the reason the police department is strapped for money is because “feel-good” social spending has a higher priority.
NPR might look into what funds go into welfare, medicine, education, and legal help for all those ILLEGAL aliens that their types of progressives love to smooch.
“What Happens When Suburban Police Departments Don’t Have Enough Money?”
Same thing as when they have enough money...jack up speed traps, bogus weed arrests, extortion and cursing taxpayers for not approving tax increases...among other innovative things.
Until the states wake up and put a stop to unconstitutional federal taxes by repealing the 16th & 17th Amendments, towns and cities are going to be short on funding.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.
"The smart crooks long ago figured out that getting themselves elected to federal office to make unconstitutional tax laws to fill their pockets is a much easier way to make a living than robbing banks." —me
"Federal career lawmakers probably laugh all the way to the bank to deposit bribes for putting loopholes for the rich and corporations in tax appropriations laws, Congress actually not having the express constitutional authority to make most appropriations laws where domestic policy is concerned. Such laws are based on stolen state powers and uniquely associated stolen state revenues." —me
In the meanwhile, patriots need to finish the job that they started in the 2016 elections when they elected Trump president.
More specifically, patriots now need to be making sure that there are plenty of Trump-supporting, state sovereignty-respecting patriot candidates on the 2018 primary ballots, and pink-slip career lawmakers by sending patriot candidate lawmakers to DC on election day.
And until the states repeal the 17th Amendment, as evidenced by concerns about the integrity of Alabama's special Senate election, patriot candidates need to win elections by a large enough margin to compensate for possible deep state ballot box fraud and associated MSM scare tactics.
Hacking Democracy - The Hack
The article mentions Robbins, IL as the place where police officers get low wages.
With 5,300 residents and 35% of the population below the poverty line, what do you expect?
The town has almost 1/2 the population of the 1970 census. If they can’t support themselves, it should be annexed by a nearby city.
“Many police chiefs say the low-wages and part-time positions are consequences of inadequate funding.”
Bull crap. My mother was on a local Police Pension Board back in the late 1980s. Even then she realized there was no way the promised benefits could be paid out over the long term.
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No money for salaries because taxes are going for pensions, bennies, and welfare costs.
IL is running out of OPM and, unlike Fedzilla, cannot print it.