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Suzanimal
04-09-2015, 10:34 AM
H/T to Becky Akers @ LRC.


…from impoverished serfs, no less. Any person of decency and even the flimsiest compassion feels for the myriad victims of the Feds’ failed economics. Contrast your sympathetic reaction with that of cops: they see the same misery and disaster and lament the “downward spiral in … city governments’ revenue streams” that “has occurred for the last five years starting with the housing bubble that burst property tax returns by 40 percent.” Poor little piggies might face the same unemployment their sky-high expenditures have inflicted on taxpayers: “The common reaction to a budget crisis is reducing personnel and cutting services.” And so cops must “generat[e] new revenue streams as a proactive approach to meet the fiscal crisis of today and the uncertain future of tomorrow.” While we bust our butts making the mortgage and feeding the kids, these vile predators scheme not only to “maintain” but “expand police service…” (Emphasis added. And I won’t even comment on the obscene perversion of the word “service”…)

The porcine writer then invents ways to rob us further, including “fine increases by 50 percent,” “resident fee similar to a utility tax,” “public safety fees on all new development in the city” (hey, that oughta accelerate the ol’ “downward spiral”), and “pay-per-call policing.” Perhaps my favorite is “triple driving-under-the-influence fines by the court” since it explodes the excuse that the State’s war on alcohol and drugs has anything to do with safety. Nope, it’s all about the money, as is ever the case with Leviathan’s “protection” rackets.

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https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/generating-new-revenue-streams/



Generating New Revenue Streams

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Possible New Revenue Streams

A group of experts in the fields of city government, business, real estate, and entrepreneurship assembled in April 2008 to identify possible new income streams that could be initiated by law enforcement.2 Their suggested new revenue streams serve as an example of ideas that can be generated in a short period of time. Each idea must be weighed against the feasibility of implementation, profit potential, and appropriateness for law enforcement involvement. Their most prominent recommendations were

fees for sex offenders registering in a given jurisdiction,

city tow companies,

fine increases by 50 percent,

pay-per-call policing,

vacation house check fees,

public hours at police firing range for a fee,

police department-run online traffic school for minor traffic infractions,

department-based security service including home checks and monitoring of security cameras by police department,

a designated business to clean biological crime scenes,

state and court fees for all convicted felons returning to the community,

allowing agency name to be used for advertisement and branding,

triple driving-under-the-influence fines by the court,

resident fee similar to a utility tax,

tax or fee on all alcohol sold in the city,

tax or fee on all ammunition sold in, the city,

public safety fees on all new development in the city,

9-1-1 fee per use,

police department website with business advertisement for support,

selling ride-a-longs to the public, and

police department–run firearm safety classes.

In addition to concepts that may lie ahead, there are also many examples of revenue-generating ideas that have been tried and proven in actual use.

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http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&article_id=2108&issue_id=62010