The 7 year salary is $113,282.00, under who's tax plan would you clear $100,000 out of that and why in God's name isn't that person running for POTUS?
His name is Gary Johnson, I suppose.
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The 7 year salary is $113,282.00, under who's tax plan would you clear $100,000 out of that and why in God's name isn't that person running for POTUS?
so ... a police officer has to be a vegan who doesn't go out, must be married/cohabitating, and isn't allowed to have kids in order to afford to live in San Francisco so they can police their friends and neighbors?
So what's the bottom line?
You are implying with your discussion that if police officers earn a great salary they will have a great lifestyle and hence they would do their jobs better and not commit hate crimes towards blacks. While this may hold some correlative relevance, it's not entirely causative of this ongoing issue.
so ... a police officer has to be a vegan who doesn't go out, must be married/cohabitating, and isn't allowed to have kids in order to afford to live in San Francisco so they can police their friends and neighbors?
on a more serious note, i think we need to think about policing and ask ourselves who gets into law enforcement and why, and how do we attract, recruit, and retain the right people. my worry about all this violence is not so much that we'll have a shortage of policemen, but that the police will be more cautious about doing their jobs while, at the same time, exactly the wrong kinds of people will be attracted to law enforcement. people who think all BLMers are "thugs" and want to crack some skulls, or, worse, see themselves as foot soldiers in a kind of race war.
that's what was so worrisome about people like bobsaget.
Who gets into law enforcement and why is a sticky subject. You step on toes when you say it's the high school bully who didn't know what else to do with his life other than find a way to pick on you by giving you a speeding ticket.
Because not every cop is like that. However, the qualifications to become a police officer are not enough as is. Certain people need to be filtered out.
in my line of work, i've actually spent time with a lot of cops -- it's a long story.
they seem kind of no different than any other profession. there are some who are very smart, some who are not so smart, some who seem to be in it to make a difference, some who couldn't figure out what else to do. one of the single most charismatic people i've ever met was a cop. i can also remember some super assholes.
i can say, broadly, that your average cop takes a lot of pride in their work, and believes in what they do from a civic perspective. they are people who want to make a difference, or at least be effective, in some sort of capacity. but, really, from what i could see, motivations are as diverse as any other profession.
^That's missing NYC local income tax, no? I remember that being a pesky $100 or so off of each paycheck when I summered there. (Not that it changes your point; it just emphasizes that big cities on the coast are expensive.)
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It is, actually. I was considering putting it in but figured only a couple of people would notice.^That's missing NYC local income tax, no? I remember that being a pesky $100 or so off of each paycheck when I summered there. (Not that it changes your point; it just emphasizes that big cities on the coast are expensive.)
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Lolz
I punched in max $1,600 rent for below 125th in Manhattan. It appears that even living here i still underestimated the rent increases over the last few years...
http://streeteasy.com/for-rent/nyc/price:-1600|area:102,119,139,135
On the #1 rental website in the city, there are currently a grand total of 11 apartments in all of Manhattan below 125th that cost $1,600 or less.
Eleven.
When we moved out if Yorkville in early 2013 we were paying $1,550/month for a 450 sq foot one bedroom on 81st. Figured there were at least a few more places still in that range. Guess not lolI was wondering about this too. Even in 2013 I paid more than $1,600/month for one room in an absolutely garbage two bedroom in Midtown East, although that was admittedly on a three month lease.
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We'll also be paying $2k a month for daycare in the fall... for 3 days a week.
We'll also be paying $2k a month for daycare in the fall... for 3 days a week.
Jesus, and I thought the $2265 we were quoted for 5 days was bad.
While Democrats think they have a winning election-year issue, a group led by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, Mark Kelly, is pushing to rebrand their effort — based on poll and focus-group data — in the hope that it will take root in an American culture that has long accepted gun ownership, if not revered it in parts of the country. It's a cultural linkage that's likely to be highlighted Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, as the top lobbyist for the NRA plans to take the stage, as will Donald Trump Jr., who has touted his affinity for hunting.
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With that in mind, representatives from a broad mix of progressive groups sat around a table last week at the Washington offices of Global Strategy Group, where they received a tutorial on how — and how not — to talk about guns. Leading the lesson were top officials from Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC, the campaign wing of the group Giffords and Kelly founded after the Sandy Hook massacre.
For example, groups seeking tighter gun laws have been trying to get away from the “gun control” label since well before ARS started testing for a new messaging strategy last year. Better options, they say, are “gun violence prevention” and “preventing gun tragedies.”
"We've stepped away from a debate about guns that was sort of postured pro-gun or against-gun,” said Peter Ambler, the PAC’s executive director, “into one that’s centered around data-tested ideas like the background checks that we know increased public safety and save lives, but don't sort of disapprove of the individual gun owner and don't disapprove of the responsible use of firearms in society.”
And while Hillary Clinton promised to “keep taking on the NRA” in October, she should maybe stop, according to ARS’ findings, and instead take on the “gun lobby.”
“The NRA has great favorabilities in a lot of places,” said Global Strategy Group Jeff Pollock, pointing to the 144-year-old organization’s popular — and apolitical — hunting and safety training programs.
Stick to stressing “the gun lobby” as a special interest out to “protect the profits” of manufacturers, Pollock told the assembled representatives of Priorities USA, NARAL, AFSCME and the Senate and House Majority PACs. A strategist from the Democratic side of Google’s political consulting operation was also there.
Do you still hit your head in the shower at this new place?When we moved out if Yorkville in early 2013 we were paying $1,550/month for a 450 sq foot one bedroom on 81st. Figured there were at least a few more places still in that range. Guess not lol
We're paying $2,900 for a one bedroom, which we share with a 21 month old, in Long Island City. And we're under market, cause we moved into the building we're in 6 months after Sandy, and they were still doing repairs to the building. It's a condo building that we're renting from the owner, so we were able to lock the rate I'm... And the guys kinda aloof so he's never raised our rent.
When we moved out if Yorkville in early 2013 we were paying $1,550/month for a 450 sq foot one bedroom on 81st. Figured there were at least a few more places still in that range. Guess not lol
We're paying $2,900 for a one bedroom, which we share with a 21 month old, in Long Island City. And we're under market, cause we moved into the building we're in 6 months after Sandy, and they were still doing repairs to the building. It's a condo building that we're renting from the owner, so we were able to lock the rate I'm... And the guys kinda aloof so he's never raised our rent.
We'll also be paying $2k a month for daycare in the fall... for 3 days a week.
Shame about the heat and Texans.
Wow. The cost of living there is unbelievable. Where I live you can get a nice 4 bed room house with 3000 square feet and a 3/4 acre yard for about $1500-$1800/month. That's why people flock to Texas. It's so cheap to live here.
When we moved out if Yorkville in early 2013 we were paying $1,550/month for a 450 sq foot one bedroom on 81st. Figured there were at least a few more places still in that range. Guess not lol
We're paying $2,900 for a one bedroom, which we share with a 21 month old, in Long Island City. And we're under market, cause we moved into the building we're in 6 months after Sandy, and they were still doing repairs to the building. It's a condo building that we're renting from the owner, so we were able to lock the rate I'm... And the guys kinda aloof so he's never raised our rent.