[dukey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he federal government will give $1 billion in grants to law enforcement agencies in every state to pay for the hiring and rehiring of law enforcement officers, Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday.

[ColossalContrarian]

1 billion is peanuts and pretty much laughable.

The cash for clunkers blew threw 1 billion in 6 days.

also don't forget the 1 billion won't come close to making up for the lost tax revenue city and states would normally get over the past 5 years.

[WyoDutch]

Shoshoni, Wyoming has a population of 635. They got a check from your great-grandkids in the amount of $169,678 for their "Poe-Leece Department". (They will now have a one-man poe-leece farce)

The poe-leece department of Jackson, Wyoming, where the mean value of a home is $432,587 (three times the Wyoming state average) got a check from your great-grandkids in the amount of $191,740.

Remember back when peace officers were paid-for by the community where they worked?

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WyoDutch', 'S')hoshoni, Wyoming has a population of 635. They got a check from your great-grandkids in the amount of $169,678 for their "Poe-Leece Department". (They will now have a one-man poe-leece farce)

The poe-leece department of Jackson, Wyoming, where the mean value of a home is $432,587 (three times the Wyoming state average) got a check from your great-grandkids in the amount of $191,740.

Remember back when peace officers were paid-for by the community where they worked?

[frankthetank]

$200,000? That is enough to pay 3 officers and their benefits ($$$$$$) for 1 year...

WOW.

Not.

$1 billion is nothing. I actually think this is money well spent. I sure the hell don't want to live in a world without law/order. Go live in Rwanda or Somalia if you want that