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Title: “Generating New Revenue Streams”
Source: Lew Rockwell
URL Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/generating-new-revenue-streams/
Published: Apr 10, 2015
Author: Becky Akers
Post Date: 2015-04-10 05:37:07 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1668
Comments: 11

…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.

These unspeakably barbaric thugs see us as nothing more than cash-cows—when they aren’t using us for target-practice. I recommend printing this article, not only published in Police Chief Magazine but written by one such criminal, and handing it to your “cops-are-the-g00d-guys” friends so they can read of the omnivorous, callous greed for themselves. (Thanks to Bill Martin for the link.)

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

I recommend printing this article, not only published in Police Chief Magazine but written by one such criminal...

From the mag article:

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.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-04-10   6:25:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0)

Poor little piggies might face

The writer of the article must have grown up in a trailer park watching WWE. It's difficult to read through the dysfunctionalness of the writer to digest any decent talking points.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-04-10   6:47:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: GrandIsland (#2)

It's difficult to read...

Here's a summation - cops are whining because they don't make enough money and haven't been able to fund all of their toys.

Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-10   7:28:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Deckard (#3)

Nice summation.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2015-04-10   7:36:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Deckard, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz (#3)

Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs.

Smoke & Mirrors "trickle down" economics...

Wall Street teams up with the Chicoms to downsize and outsource our industrial tax-base, and then turns around and blames the serfs and our government.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the GOP/Tea Party trashes democratic principles in favor of corrupt, one-party plutocracy.

Willie Green  posted on  2015-04-10   8:07:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Willie Green, Deckard, GrandIsland, Fred Mertz, TooConservative, A Pole (#5)

Their solution is to find new ways of robbing the serfs.

Smoke & Mirrors "trickle down" economics...

Wall Street teams up with the Chicoms to downsize and outsource our industrial tax-base, and then turns around and blames the serfs and our government.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the GOP/Tea Party trashes democratic principles in favor of corrupt, one-party plutocracy.

Pretty much with the added provision that the Democrats are also in on it at the party level though rank and file Democrats seem to be less interestest in free trade while free trade seems to be more supported in the GOP elected side.

It seems the split is most GOP and some Democrats support free trade.

Pericles  posted on  2015-04-10   8:37:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deckard (#3) (Edited)

Here's a summation - cops are whining because

Your summarization is factually incorrect. "Cops" have nothing to do with how fines, fees and surcharges are spent in a state, city, town or village budget... and every profession whines about what they get paid.

Your beef, as usual is with elected law makers.... but you don't hate them like you do the police.

Any other factually incorrect propaganda you'd like to indoctrinate the users of this forum with?

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-04-10   8:44:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: GrandIsland (#7)

Cops" have nothing to do with how fines, fees and surcharges are spent in a state, city, town or village budget...

Your beef, as usual is with elected law makers...

Generating New Revenue Streams - Paul LaCommare, Commander, West Covina Police Department, West Covina, California

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-10   8:58:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Deckard (#8)

Today, police chiefs are being asked to look for ways of economizing, increasing efficiency, eliminating redundancies, and finding revenue sources.

That doesn't mean police get a sales commission for tickets. lol

Show me where any agency can control, DIRECTLY, an increase of budget, with an increase of fines.

You won't be able too. Fact is, increased fines go to many things. The biggest thing today is WELFARE and social service budgets.

Slap yourself, silly. Don't be a hater. It promotes ignorance.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-04-10   9:03:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: GrandIsland (#9)

That doesn't mean police get a sales commission for tickets.

Nah - of course not.

Just a quicker path to promotion.

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts

Deckard  posted on  2015-04-10   9:13:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Deckard (#10) (Edited)

Just a quicker path to promotion.

When you were in the military, didn't executing every job description above what's expected, get you promoted?

Most LE promotions are based on yearly reviews and results from promotional exams. Reviews are based on a scale of substandard, standard and above standard. Who wants to promote from sub standard or standard when there are above standard employees?

Promotions in military mean raises too.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy

GrandIsland  posted on  2015-04-10   10:26:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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