Wealth gap is at critical mass

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zeppelin128 said:
No, because the police should not have that kind of power. You know if Q magically comes true and we are battling it out in the streets, you shouldn't want cops to have an overwhelming force either.
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I wish they would use these vehicles for good, like when antifa comes in a starts throwing stuff through business' windows or beating people they can be used to run them over.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I didn't know what to call them, tank was a stretch, my bad. I still don't think any police department should have them.
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A basic Stryker is nothing more than a troop carrier. In a slick version the back is just a big open space like an M113 chassis or a Bradley. I mention those because they were in the Waco videos (not condoning that response just using a popular example). It provides LEOs the capability to insert their SWAT teams into a volatile situation under protection.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I wish they would use these vehicles for good, like when antifa comes in a starts throwing stuff through business' windows or beating people they can be used to run them over.
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Well, at least you are on record advocating for violence/murder against people you disagree with politically.
 
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luthervol said:
If you could redistribute all of the wealth equally and it would all end up the same, the rich become rich again and the poor become poor again, then why not go ahead and do it.
By that logic, if you heavily tax the rich, it doesn't really matter - they will just get the money back and remain rich while the poor will remain poor.
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The problem is how
 
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Grand Vol said:
We've beat this discussion silly. However, there are times when a police department has need of an armored vehicle.

Having said that to say this, Podunk County Sheriff Department in Backwater, Montana has zero use for one other than "cool toy." And likely never uses it. You want to blame anyone, blame the US Government for ordering too many of the damn things to start with.
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The horse is super dead, at this point it is gratuitous violence. But, rarely will any department need an armored vehicle. Montana for sure can survive without overwhelming police force.
It has nothing to do with the federal government. Localities and states purchase this nonsense, so it is on them.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
I didn't know what to call them, tank was a stretch, my bad. I still don't think any police department should have them.
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The swat teams use them and use for breaching..safer for the cops. I'd only worry if they had a cannon on there...but a MK47 attached would be cool.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
It has nothing to do with the federal government. Localities and states purchase this nonsense, so it is on them.
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No, they don't...

Do a fifteen second Google search (or Lycos or whatever your engine of choice) at the 1033 program. You'll see exactly where these vehicles came from.
 
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I am mystified why people do not think it is inherently destabilizing over the long term to have such wealth disparity in the world. Maybe it does not yield some sort of acute revolution. But it is not sustainable. 3.6 billion people are not going to put up with it forever.
 
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How many hundreds of millions or even billions of people live a subsistence hand to mouth life? If you live in subsaharan Africa you have no use for money and it wouldn’t do you much good anyways. Nor is there some magical way to create you a job in the desert paying a “living wage”.
 
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zeppelin128 said:
The horse is super dead, at this point it is gratuitous violence. But, rarely will any department need an armored vehicle. Montana for sure can survive without overwhelming police force.
It has nothing to do with the federal government. Localities and states purchase this nonsense, so it is on them.
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I think DoD had a program where they donated those things to departments.
 
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The people will die in mass if they stop "putting up with it".

Private armies with the best toys money can buy, and a lot of them. The people rise up, they will get squashed. At best, they might win and have a few million left, and that's being generous.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I am mystified why people do not think it is inherently destabilizing over the long term to have such wealth disparity in the world. Maybe it does not yield some sort of acute revolution. But it is not sustainable. 3.6 billion people are not going to put up with it forever.
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So...the government should get involved?

Explain to me how this isn't socialism. Wealth redistribution and income equality?

Furthermore, explain to me how the government getting involved in anything hasn't ended up a royally screwed pooch.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I am mystified why people do not think it is inherently destabilizing over the long term to have such wealth disparity in the world. Maybe it does not yield some sort of acute revolution. But it is not sustainable. 3.6 billion people are not going to put up with it forever.
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Bernie, that you?
 
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Plus, the "haves" will include many, if not most, or of all the governments worldwide who will and would side with the money, as they will win. Plus majority of the 1% -5% of the populations who also will now be classified as the "have's".

If the masses are willing to sacrifice more, and die in large numbers, if not everyone of them to try and find out, then they might win out.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I am mystified why people do not think it is inherently destabilizing over the long term to have such wealth disparity in the world. Maybe it does not yield some sort of acute revolution. But it is not sustainable. 3.6 billion people are not going to put up with it forever.
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pro life tip: there will always the haves and the have nots. Also..those 3.6 billion see you as super rich so you better sell that beamer and start living on the streets because you're a moving target right now. Average salaries in some of these countries you are so worried about? 150 bucks a month.
 
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Grand Vol said:
So...the government should get involved?

Explain to me how this isn't socialism. Wealth redistribution and income equality?

Furthermore, explain to me how the government getting involved in anything hasn't ended up a royally screwed pooch.
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Capitalism with no component of socialism is a failure.
Socialism with no component of capitalism is a failure.
The whole debate is, and always has been, about the ratio.
 
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FLVOL_79 said:
pro life tip: there will always the haves and the have nots. Also..those 3.6 billion see you as super rich so you better sell that beamer and start living on the streets because you're a moving target right now. Average salaries in some of these countries you are so worried about? 150 bucks a month.
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pro life tip: pro life tips shouldn't be used to state the glaringly obvious.
 
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