▲ 542 ▼ LA Gave More Money to Cops While Cutting Fire Budgets. Now It’s Burning. (theintercept.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (5 children) They cut ~2% of the budget. Anyone spewing this funding cut bullshit is a partisan hack. Quit being reactionary. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicklime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's not even remotely close to half of the city burning down. But given the damage estimates are running somewhere around $150 billion, it's bad enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why do you think it's okay to cut funding to the fire department while keeping the police(gang) force that is notorious for not actually doing anything to help it's citizens? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Think about the priority of the community wealthy community members. Fires cause insurance payouts. This means big paydays when those 'priceless' works of art go up in smoke. You sell the land and buy somewhere without the insurance hikes. Win-win-win for the wealthy. Crime causes property values to decline. A break in is harder to deal with. Rabble protesting for fair treatment can get violent. The homeless need to be driven from the wealthy areas so the wealthy can enjoy their champagne and caviar in peace after snorting coke off of a trafficked sex slave's tits. Police are so very valuable for keeping the wealthy safe. They know exactly what the right priority is... for the people who actually matter (not us.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago I suspect they could have doubled the budget and they still wouldn't be able to control those fires. Still it looks like it's affecting rich people, so something will probably get done about it. permalink fedilink source parent [+] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] FuzzyWeevil@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Fires are increasing every year. It's the lady thing that should be cut. It should've been the other way around. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] quicklime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's not even remotely close to half of the city burning down. But given the damage estimates are running somewhere around $150 billion, it's bad enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's not even remotely close to half of the city burning down. But given the damage estimates are running somewhere around $150 billion, it's bad enough permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why do you think it's okay to cut funding to the fire department while keeping the police(gang) force that is notorious for not actually doing anything to help it's citizens? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Think about the priority of the community wealthy community members. Fires cause insurance payouts. This means big paydays when those 'priceless' works of art go up in smoke. You sell the land and buy somewhere without the insurance hikes. Win-win-win for the wealthy. Crime causes property values to decline. A break in is harder to deal with. Rabble protesting for fair treatment can get violent. The homeless need to be driven from the wealthy areas so the wealthy can enjoy their champagne and caviar in peace after snorting coke off of a trafficked sex slave's tits. Police are so very valuable for keeping the wealthy safe. They know exactly what the right priority is... for the people who actually matter (not us.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* Think about the priority of the community wealthy community members. Fires cause insurance payouts. This means big paydays when those 'priceless' works of art go up in smoke. You sell the land and buy somewhere without the insurance hikes. Win-win-win for the wealthy. Crime causes property values to decline. A break in is harder to deal with. Rabble protesting for fair treatment can get violent. The homeless need to be driven from the wealthy areas so the wealthy can enjoy their champagne and caviar in peace after snorting coke off of a trafficked sex slave's tits. Police are so very valuable for keeping the wealthy safe. They know exactly what the right priority is... for the people who actually matter (not us.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago I suspect they could have doubled the budget and they still wouldn't be able to control those fires. Still it looks like it's affecting rich people, so something will probably get done about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuzzyWeevil@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago Fires are increasing every year. It's the lady thing that should be cut. It should've been the other way around. permalink fedilink source parent