Thursday, September 23, 2010

We're the Only Ones Charging Enough

Charging private citizens seems to be a growing trend by public police forces, apparently to cover their budget shortfalls. [More]
No thanks--I'm not in the market for those services today, and in truth, I'm kind of a do-it-yourselfer. If I need you though, I know where to call.

[Via Mark P]

5 comments:

Sean said...

Perhaps we should start charging cops for Constitutional shortfalls.

kenlowder said...

I wonder if they will charge the family of the guy in seattle, that the killed at costco, for the bullets and the autopsy?

Defender said...

Will they send our families the bill for the bullets used in our executions?
Communist China does that. SSSSh. Don't spread it around. They're very "business-friendly" these days. Fewer regulations than fedgov imposes. How else are they going to transfer the wealth to our sworn and eternal enemies and would-be conquerors?
Freedom isn't free, but, by God, freedom of SPEECH is, or should be. They have the perfect mechanism to bankrupt anyone with politically incorrect viewpoint.
Glenn Beck said today that we -- meaning the West and the U.S. in particular -- are at the point of departure for something new and unprecedented. He said it could be like the industrial revolution ... or it could be more like the French Revolution.

Ed said...

Let's not forget the impact of a private army/police force the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (founded in Chicago, of all places) made for U.S. railroads, mines and other industries, especially for the use of disrupting organized labor.

Abraham Lincoln hired the Pinkertons for security. At one point, DOJ subcontracted the work now done by the FBI and BATFE to the Pinkertons.

W W Woodward said...

Don't use 'em, don't pay 'em. It's time that Americans started taking care of their own rat killin' again and stop calling the police for every little case of hurt feelings that comes along. Force officers to become peace officers again and do away with law enforcement for the sake of enforcement, control, and revenue.
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