I see where BLM is running off at the mouth about setting fire to Minneapolis. Fine. Do it. Burn it to the ground.
When the city fathers ask for federal money to rebuild Uncle Sam should refuse and not give them a dime telling them, "You let it burn, you fix it".
This should apply to all man made disasters. Man made stuff can be controlled. Natural disasters can't.
If you make that policy then their whole attitude will change. They will start refunding the police in a heartbeat to protect what they have.
States and cities should take responsibility for more instead of expecting Uncle Sam to pay for the failures of state and local leadership.
When sticking their hand out to Uncle Sam no longer becomes an option they will straighten up and start enforcing laws, rules and regulations.
People tend to be a bit cavalier with someone else's money and damned frugal with their own.
Same hold true in the public sector to a certain degree.
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Another thing about business is that business will only stay open so long as they are making a profit. When they find themselves robbed and vandalized they close their doors and either fold or move somewhere else.
Walmart and others have closed stores in a number of rough urban areas because of this. As to be expected, residents complain of having to travel great distances to purchase thing, including food and prescription drugs. residents claim to have a right to accessibility of these things as well as a lot of other stuff.
Surprise! You don't. It's on you to get your own stuff no matter where it is. You can't force someone to open a store in a bad crime ridden neighborhood just to suit you. It's well past time you organized and stood up and cleaned house.
The Mayor of Seattle has declared she is not going to allow food stores to close. How is she going to do such a thing?
What's she going to do if grocers decide to lock their doors and leave? Her authority ends at the Seattle city line.
If a grocer leaves and sets up shop in nearby Renton she can't do anything but jump up and down and screech.
While not likely to happen, it would be pretty funny to see an entire major American city turn into a huge food desert and make people have to leave town to buy a can of beans.
Then close the gas stations so people have to walk.
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For decades I have been against payroll deduction of income taxes because you don't really get the message and it is a painless and sneaky way to get the taxpayer to part with his money.
When you have, say a grand a month taken out of your check you get used to it and don't really complain too much.
When you have to sit down at the kitchen table every April and write a check for the whole 12 grand it changes things. You suddenly become aware of what's going on. It serves as a big eye opener.
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Beautiful! If only these things could be put in place. I live outside of SEA and lament what the Blue voters have done to this once vibrant, beautiful city. The Soviet of Washington is a national disgrace, as is most Blue cities and towns.
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