• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    My point is that Biden did not prioritize police

    The Safer America Plan is a $37B budgetary proposal to hire 100,000 new police officers, to provide training to existing officers, and to integrate offices between cities and states for a tighter domestic surveillance network. This goes above the original $10B in the American Rescue Plan for police and associated public safety programs, passed the year earlier.

    Show me the equivalent proposal for education, emergency medical, or fire prevention.

    If anything, as you point out, the other careers make less, therefore loan forgiveness like this proportionally helps teachers, emt, and firefighters MORE

    “We paid you less so you should be thankful for these crumbs” is some powerful neoliberal bullshittery.

    • papertowels@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      “We paid you less so you should be thankful for these crumbs” is some powerful neoliberal bullshittery.

      Sure, sure, spin it how you want, but since this particular act helps groups a, b, and c, getting into a hissy fit and claiming that group b is being put first is blatantly wrong. Do you disagree that this probably helps teachers more than cops?