> It’s Boston after all, so we had some rather course and agitated people who were willing to voice their displeasure in a colorful way, and I’m still lobbying to include the most interesting of those in some of the edgiest social spots.

We need to get out hands on the Affleck cut.

Social programs for kids would be great. Community centers, local sports leagues, increased access to daycare. I’d go so far as to say more in the way of increased rent support or food subsidies for families in low income brackets, and smoothing the transition between income brackets and aid granted so there are no disincentives to advance professionally.

There is certainly a correlation between absent parents/broken families and crime. As such I feel that policies that help keep parents with their children are worth prioritizing, a parent working 70+hrs a week to support their family is still an absent parent despite how noble their cause is.

I’m certainly not opposed to adjusting the self defense laws, but thats deff a complicated undertaking as most “castle doctrine” and “stand you ground” laws are treated as green lights for people to kill their fellow Americans. But that is a bit of a different conversation.

To the topic at hand I’d argue that since there is minimal return on investment from raising police budgets we are just wasting money in doing so. Government is inherently inefficient as sits, so I’m not sure why throwing money intentionally into bottomless pit should be considered.

At the end of the day police is just an investment in public safety and one that, even if it worked as claimed, at best will only suppress crime. If we instead used that money to build up and support communities there would be a better chance of that investment paying off. If we are in agreement that our safety is due more in part to how our state’s society is run, shoring up and expanding those programs certainly wouldn’t hurt. I’m by no means advocating removing the cops, more we are just at the point of diminishing returns with them and we need to look to other solutions.

We have reasonable support systems for low income families, reasonable infrastructure (deff room for improvement tho), a well educated population, support for drug addicts and generally a being wealthier state as a whole all help. Mass is also lacking the pure destitute poverty seen in other states, and people who have their basic needs meet are generally less likely to turn to crime.

In fact we manage to be one of the safest states while ranking 42nd in per capita spending on police. I think if you want to go down this road its on you to prove why more police power and funding is the answer.

I don’t think we are safer because of the police or police unions tho. There isn’t really a huge connection between police funding and overall safety/crime rate across the country.

This is just plain goofy.

Its New Hampshire’s way of trying to insist upon us that they are an actual state and not just a place to get drunk on tax free booze. Don’t let them fool you.

Account hyper focused on only one topic. Active in multiple state subs. Requests petition be signed by handing out personal info. Posts have all the grassrootsy style join us we’re doing X thing. New accounts popping up and going after dissenters…

Lets keep things above board here so someone who genuinely wants to do the right thing doesn’t cause themselves heartache by following your links; or worse be later asked donate to some scam 501 charity that exists only as some sociopath’s slush fund.

Who’s paying you OP?

>Speed limit

You lost me here

I like it. Saves on future major redesigns as we can just extend the flag further and further as we grow into Megachusetts.