1/ I’m fascinated by a India Walton, the newly elected socialist mayor of Buffalo, New York. “Instead of defund, we say we’re going to reallocate funds. We’re going to fully fund community centers. We’re going to make the investments that naturally reduce crime, such as …

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2/…investments in education, infrastructure, living wage jobs. Nothing stops crime better than a person who is gainfully employed. If you have to go to work, you don’t have time to be out in the streets with all these shenanigans.”
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Did she win or just the primary?? I don’t think she’s yet the new mayor.
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The narrative matters
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1/ We would not require consideration to reallocate, if they would just enforce rightful action against dirty lawman. When the law is being abused by those uphold it, simply remove those lacking integrity, and suddenly the room has a lot more space.
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If she wins the mayoral race I’m going to seriously consider relocating. I need housing and job security. It’s extremely hard for a single woman in her 50’s to find that. I know many women just like me. Ageism is real in the job market.
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Truth is all the people who are screaming defund the police might not actually go through with it. People are more scared of crime than a bunch of police in the place.
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Says a lot of good things. We will see how it goes. I am all for better education to create gainfully employed people but it is a very long-term action. The problem is also jobs for average and below intelligence people, those are the type of jobs we shipped overseas.
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