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04-02-2011, 07:13 PM
The United States has lost over 42,000 factories since 2001
#1 The second most dangerous city in the United States - Camden, New Jersey - is
about to lay off about half its police.
#2 The city of Newark, New Jersey laid off 13 percent of its police force just
last week.
#3 Of 315 municipalities the New Jersey State Policemen's union recently
surveyed, more than half indicated that they were planning to lay off police
officers.
#10 Oakland, California Police Chief Anthony Batts has announced that due to
severe budget cuts there are a number of crimes that his department will simply
not be able to respond to any longer. The crimes that the Oakland police will no
longer be responding to include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity
theft and vandalism.
#9 Many of the police in Arizona that patrol communities near the border with
Mexico say that they are "outmanned" and "outgunned" and now live in fear of
being taken out by drug cartel assassins.
#4 At least 1000 people now live in the 200 miles of flood tunnels that exist
under the city of Las Vegas.
#5 All over America, asphalt roads are being ground up and are being replaced
with gravel because it is cheaper to maintain. The state of South Dakota has
transformed over 100 miles of asphalt road into gravel over the past year, and
38 out of the 83 counties in the state of Michigan have transformed at least
some of their asphalt roads into gravel roads.
#6 The city of San Jose, California recently laid off 49 firefighters.
#7 Over the past year, approximately 100 of New York's state parks and historic
sites have had to cut services and reduce hours.
#8 In 2009 alone, approximately 4 million more Americans joined the ranks of the
poor.
#11 One out of every six Americans is now enrolled in at least one anti-poverty
program run by the federal government.
#12 The state of Illinois is so far behind on its bills that not even schools
and essential social services are getting their money on time.
#13 The sheriff's department in Ashtabula County, Ohio has been slashed from 112
to 49 deputies, and there is now just one vehicle remaining to patrol all 720
square miles of the county.
#14 In a desperate attempt to save money, the city of Colorado Springs turned
off a third of its streetlights and put its police helicopters up for auction.
#15 According to one recent study, approximately 21 percent of all children in
the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010.
#16 In Georgia, the county of Clayton recently eliminated its entire public bus
system in order to save 8 million dollars.
#17 Things have gotten so bad in Stockton, California that the police union put
up a billboard with the following message: "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous
city in California. Stop laying off cops."
#18 Major cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Sacramento have instituted
"rolling brownouts" in which various city fire stations are shut down on a
rotating basis. So if you live in one of those cities and you have a fire, you
had better hope that your local fire station is not scheduled for a "brownout"
that day.
#1 The second most dangerous city in the United States - Camden, New Jersey - is
about to lay off about half its police.
#2 The city of Newark, New Jersey laid off 13 percent of its police force just
last week.
#3 Of 315 municipalities the New Jersey State Policemen's union recently
surveyed, more than half indicated that they were planning to lay off police
officers.
#10 Oakland, California Police Chief Anthony Batts has announced that due to
severe budget cuts there are a number of crimes that his department will simply
not be able to respond to any longer. The crimes that the Oakland police will no
longer be responding to include grand theft, burglary, car wrecks, identity
theft and vandalism.
#9 Many of the police in Arizona that patrol communities near the border with
Mexico say that they are "outmanned" and "outgunned" and now live in fear of
being taken out by drug cartel assassins.
#4 At least 1000 people now live in the 200 miles of flood tunnels that exist
under the city of Las Vegas.
#5 All over America, asphalt roads are being ground up and are being replaced
with gravel because it is cheaper to maintain. The state of South Dakota has
transformed over 100 miles of asphalt road into gravel over the past year, and
38 out of the 83 counties in the state of Michigan have transformed at least
some of their asphalt roads into gravel roads.
#6 The city of San Jose, California recently laid off 49 firefighters.
#7 Over the past year, approximately 100 of New York's state parks and historic
sites have had to cut services and reduce hours.
#8 In 2009 alone, approximately 4 million more Americans joined the ranks of the
poor.
#11 One out of every six Americans is now enrolled in at least one anti-poverty
program run by the federal government.
#12 The state of Illinois is so far behind on its bills that not even schools
and essential social services are getting their money on time.
#13 The sheriff's department in Ashtabula County, Ohio has been slashed from 112
to 49 deputies, and there is now just one vehicle remaining to patrol all 720
square miles of the county.
#14 In a desperate attempt to save money, the city of Colorado Springs turned
off a third of its streetlights and put its police helicopters up for auction.
#15 According to one recent study, approximately 21 percent of all children in
the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010.
#16 In Georgia, the county of Clayton recently eliminated its entire public bus
system in order to save 8 million dollars.
#17 Things have gotten so bad in Stockton, California that the police union put
up a billboard with the following message: "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous
city in California. Stop laying off cops."
#18 Major cities such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Sacramento have instituted
"rolling brownouts" in which various city fire stations are shut down on a
rotating basis. So if you live in one of those cities and you have a fire, you
had better hope that your local fire station is not scheduled for a "brownout"
that day.