May 24, 2021
Shortly after Covid-19 shut down the country, we started hearing “Defund the Police”.
I could not understand the concept.
It seemed like the more democratic the State, the more urgent the need was to let go of the police force.
Removing the police force would not hurt rich people. These could easily hire private security.
Removing the police force hurts the poor and low middle class.
Isn’t the democratic party all about helping the poor and middle class?
What happens to a neighborhood when police are removed?
Crime goes up.
Vandalism goes up.
Renters move out.
Property prices go down.
Owners try to sell. But who would want to buy a house in a neighborhood where trash burns on the street, cars lose their tires overnight, kids cannot play outside?
Give the situation enough time, and that neighborhood gets abandoned by all but squatters.
Property taxes go unpaid.
China and Russia, when they became communist countries, seized all real estate properties.
People were forcibly dragged out of their homes… if they had not been smart enough to leave early enough when things got bad… if they thought that their deeds and titles still meant anything.
These small homeowners had to convert to the new regime and pledge allegiance to self-appointed dictators. If they wanted to be relocated somewhere.
Or they could keep on believing what they wanted. Labor camps were eager to accept more workers. If they made it to labor camps. Plenty were executed en route.
Mass graves are plentiful in communist countries.
Of course, in America, there are laws against seizing property.
And there are laws and procedures should a homeowner not pay real estate taxes for the upcoming year.
Is Defund the Police a smoke screen hiding a very different and agenda?
Katrin L.
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