rightwinger
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POLICE FORCES ARE a SOCIAL PROGRAM, too, folks.
I am happy to consider cutting social programs, just as I am any other budget item. There are doubtless frills and waste we could eliminate. But I'm not willing to risk the lives and health of the poor -- some cuts are just too deep.
Nighttime basketball cut? Fine. Lead paint abatement? No fucking way.
Given that people lived with lead for about 50 years or more, how much actual good does their "lead paint abatement" program actually do?
I realize that asking for results from programs is tantamount to advocating child slavery for some folks. But maybe, just maybe, someone ought to consider that a program to do such and such and actually doing such and such are not the same thing.
What is next on your list? Asbestos?
Could I interest you in some mercury?