The Mayor of Town That Always Catches On Fire
The Mayor of Town That Always Catches On Fire
cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone/t/818591
town that always catches on fire rule
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Retired firefighter/paramedic here. It’s simple: Fire departments don’t normally generate revenue. It’s a money-sink and local governments don’t like that. The first things financially cut when I worked for a city of 170,000 were always services that didn’t make money. That’s just how it works.
Why police departments need heavy armor and assault accoutrements is beyond me, though. I mean, all that shit didn’t help whatsoever in most mass-shootings.
It’s a money-sink and local governments don’t like that. The first things financially cut when I worked for a city of 170,000 were always services that didn’t make money. That’s just how it works.
The whole point of government is to collect taxes to pay for stuff that isn't revenue generating to spread out the costs!
Seriously, this. Government is supposed to fund services, not profitable businesses
But that's socialism, noooooo \s
Meanwhile the government running businesses for profit is essentially the definition of socialism lol
In what definition or context is this true?
All of them? I'm not sure I understand the question.
First result on google for "socialism definition" as an example
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Governments running businesses is what "owning the means of production" means, in every context, by every definition.
I think we think of "profit" differently, but sure.
The government isn't a business, for fuck's sake! Some services like police, fire, health are necessary, but don't generate revenue! Also, even the most profitable corporations on the planet still have IT, Management, and HR departments that don't technically make money.
I saw Rebel Ridge on Netflix, could very well be that police departments generate revenue through Civil Forfeiture.
(It’s a fictional thriller, not a documentary, but very much based on modern realities)
Did somebody say John Oliver story that enrages me how fucked up America is as a country?
Tickets. Police departments have quotas because that's their main revenue source, civil forfeiture is just the icing on the cake.
Molly's Game also includes Civil Forfeiture. I wouldn't call it a major part of the plot, but it's definitely there and described as bullshit.