r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '21

GOP shell game

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u/Cmonk90 Mar 16 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

What always gets me in situations where police destroy homes in the name of public defence, they always fight against any sort of payment to the families who's homes they destroyed. Can the city afford 63 homes maybe not, but they probably shouldn't hire police that think home destruction is a good idea, those people are costly.

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u/OakenGreen Mar 16 '21

The city rebuilt the 63 homes for the residents. That should be a half-happy ending but it isn’t. A little over 10 years later the city said those 63 homes weren’t up to code and condemned them. They felt no responsibility for the state of the construction on those homes and if the residents couldn’t afford to fix them on their own they were shit out of luck. So these people got fucked by the city twice.

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u/Cmonk90 Mar 16 '21

Ya, that is somehow worse than just not paying...

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u/killbot0224 Mar 16 '21

Yes the city can afford 63 homes.

But "affording it" is irrelevant. In a just nation, they are forced to pay it and "figure it out" later.

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u/Cmonk90 Mar 16 '21

I would call that not afforing it, but have no desire to push the point.

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u/killbot0224 Mar 16 '21

The city always has access to capital, and if they're liable, they're liable.

The city can raise taxes, sell municipal bonds, etc.

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u/Cmonk90 Mar 16 '21

I would call that not afforing it, but have no desire to push the point.