[Diana in Wisconsin]

If a government—at any level—wants to raise taxes, it threatens to cut the most vital services and positions (such as firefighters) first.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Needless to say, Milwaukee is not a city that can afford to lose three percent of its police force. Its crime problem is so out-of-control that Milwaukee now accounts for 51.3% of Wisconsin’s violent crimes and 58.4% of its homicides even though it makes up just 10% of the state’s population.

Most of it is gang & black-on-black crime, FWIW. My family escaped in 1970.

[Bonemaker]

That puke Barrett is still mayor? He’s like that human dreck Soglin in Madison.

[2banana]

Never a cut to benefits or pensions

[fhayek]

Yeah. They never seem to find it in their budget to cut the grant to the LGBTQ artist who is creating a hideous abstract “sculpture” to be displayed in the local Martin Luther King Jr. Park.

[From The Deer Stand]

We’ve already seen what has happened in Milwaukee under Democrat leadership.

[Bommer]

Call his bluff. Say no for cop money and good luck when your out in public with your family Mr. Mayor!

[smokingfrog]

These government goons need to be tarred and feathered.

[PIF]

If it wasn’t scrambling to find $1.5 million per year to operate Barrett’s pet streetcar, Milwaukee might be able to protect its citizens without extorting them first.

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Worth saying that the “hop” as Barret like to call it, has so few riders that, if they were to install a fare collection system in the trolley to nowhere, the system would never pay for itself. So the city continues to keep the trolley free for the homeless to ride around in.

But cops? Sheeh, they are a useless money pit because every time they arrest some criminal, the judges just let the character go - often on a mere verbal promise to show up ... this in a city were there is no penalty for not having a drivers license, license plate or insurance and only recently ended it no chase policy - estimate is 50% of Milwaukee drivers do not have a drivers license.

But hey! What is one to expect in a city ruled by Democrats for over 110 years?

[Oatka]

This rather noxious form of governmental extortion is part of a well-known strategy known as “firefighters first.” If a government—at any level—wants to raise taxes, it threatens to cut the most vital services and positions (such as firefighters) first.

I remember when Prop 13 was proposed in California. The politicians started screaming that the firefighting stations and libraries would have to be shut down if the Prop passed. It did - and nothing was reduced, except state spending.