top | item 37911267 (no title) diogenes4 | 2 years ago > We don't need less fundsWe spend more on our police force than each country in the world spends on its military, except for ourselves and china. We need less funds. discuss order hn newest xw3098|2 years ago Do you have a source for that? It seems like a problematic measure to use absolute dollars spent as it had to be normalized per capita and to cost of living.In just officers per capita the US more or less middle of the pack.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_depend... diogenes4|2 years ago This site claims $129 billion: https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...Sure, you can adjust per capita. I still think it's a fairly shocking statistic—we certainly don't get that value back except as a jobs program. load replies (1)
xw3098|2 years ago Do you have a source for that? It seems like a problematic measure to use absolute dollars spent as it had to be normalized per capita and to cost of living.In just officers per capita the US more or less middle of the pack.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_depend... diogenes4|2 years ago This site claims $129 billion: https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...Sure, you can adjust per capita. I still think it's a fairly shocking statistic—we certainly don't get that value back except as a jobs program. load replies (1)
diogenes4|2 years ago This site claims $129 billion: https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiative...Sure, you can adjust per capita. I still think it's a fairly shocking statistic—we certainly don't get that value back except as a jobs program. load replies (1)
xw3098|2 years ago
In just officers per capita the US more or less middle of the pack.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_depend...
diogenes4|2 years ago
Sure, you can adjust per capita. I still think it's a fairly shocking statistic—we certainly don't get that value back except as a jobs program.