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If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: john dough
Date: June 09, 2012 11:37AM
Romney said of Obama, “he wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

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WTF is he thinking?


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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: Gutenberg
Date: June 09, 2012 02:13PM
Believe me, I have seen plenty of police loafing their careers away. And with improved communications, response and fire-deterring equipment in new construction, we don't need as many firefighters as we used to. Yet we scream bloody murder every time someone suggests any kind of cut to those ranks. I would prefer to see some police and firefighting cuts, particularly at the HQ level, and put the money saved into front-line classroom teachers. And I would like to see fewer middle managers filing their nails over at City Hall, and put that money saved into front-line rec supervisors and librarians. We need more Indians.
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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: mattkime
Date: June 09, 2012 03:22PM
I think we all agree with that. The problem is determining the fat from the muscle. The political solution often seems to be to chop off whole limbs.

And then there is Newark, NJ. They just need more cops.

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Believe me, I have seen plenty of police loafing their careers away. And with improved communications, response and fire-deterring equipment in new construction, we don't need as many firefighters as we used to. Yet we scream bloody murder every time someone suggests any kind of cut to those ranks. I would prefer to see some police and firefighting cuts, particularly at the HQ level, and put the money saved into front-line classroom teachers. And I would like to see fewer middle managers filing their nails over at City Hall, and put that money saved into front-line rec supervisors and librarians. We need more Indians.


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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: Black
Date: June 09, 2012 07:18PM
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mattkime
I think we all agree with that. The problem is determining the fat from the muscle. The political solution often seems to be to chop off whole limbs.

And then there is Newark, NJ. They just need more cops.

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Gutenberg
Believe me, I have seen plenty of police loafing their careers away. And with improved communications, response and fire-deterring equipment in new construction, we don't need as many firefighters as we used to. Yet we scream bloody murder every time someone suggests any kind of cut to those ranks. I would prefer to see some police and firefighting cuts, particularly at the HQ level, and put the money saved into front-line classroom teachers. And I would like to see fewer middle managers filing their nails over at City Hall, and put that money saved into front-line rec supervisors and librarians. We need more Indians.
Where I live, we need more cops, period. I don't think there's much you can do about the muscle to fat ratio, but we're down by about a third and it's painfully obvious.


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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 09, 2012 11:28PM
Maybe what you really need is cops doing their job.
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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: The UnDoug
Date: June 10, 2012 04:19PM
We need people "doing their jobs" no matter what job they do.

Far too many of us just do the minimum necessary to keep a paycheck coming in.
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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: RgrF
Date: June 10, 2012 10:47PM
Agreed. I work for a tyrant who won't settle for minimum, I'm self-employed.
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Re: If Romney wins, I hope you don't have a fire in your town. Or crime.
Posted by: Lux Interior
Date: June 11, 2012 12:59PM
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RgrF
Agreed. I work for a tyrant who won't settle for minimum, I'm self-employed.

I feel sorry for you and your boss.
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