Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Monday, June 12, 2017
The United Multinational Corporations of America. (as democracy dies)
ISDS (investor-state dispute settlement) an act of treason in the name of commerce.
Investing is a form of gambling. Gambling is by definition a game of chance, no matter how well thought out the risks may be. ISDS' only purpose is to take as much risk of failure out of the game by circumventing existing laws of the land of sovereign states thereby taking power from the citizens and those entrusted with the sacred trust instilled through the fair and constitutional election of the government by the people of the land and handing it to corporations foreign and domestic.
Foreign investor protections and investor-state dispute settlements simultaneously undermine the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the sovereignty of the United States of America, each of the 50 states and all local government entities within.
Interestingly some of the politicians who favor these ISDS clauses fervently claim to be "patriots" and anti-big government.
By inserting foreign investor protection and investor-state dispute settlement clauses into trade agreements that directly impact state, county and local governments ability to protect and serve the interests and well being of the citizens who elected them these ISDS clauses represent the worst care scenario of big government intrusion.
This is an off shoring of the judicial branch. It's treason. Plain and simple.
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Monday, July 4, 2016
The Cost of the Homeless? Why the numbers lie.
This is more of a lesson in false economic theory, creative spin and/or stupidity. I'm not sure which one or ones are the exact culprits, but the end result is misinformation sold as truth.
The cost of dealing with the homeless, if you take reports on the problem and associated financial data as provided by local governing bodies seems shockingly high. And it is. Way too high.
These numbers are fed to the taxpayers as problematic. They are very problematic, but not for the reasons stated by local agencies.
I give you Santa Barbara California.
Santa Barbara has been cracking down on the homeless.
" Average home prices top a million dollars, tourism is the fastest growing industry, vacancy rates are near zero, and the city’s 900 homeless are a constant source of tension for merchants and residents."
Tourism. Who are these tourists? The rich. They don't like seeing people who are less rich.
Near zero is not zero. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are also "near"zero.
The Santa Barbara solution is to criminalize homelessness. What does that mean? It takes more police hours, more jail time and more court time. The cost per day in the county jail per inmate is $160. That is $4,800 per 30 days. The cost of a two bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara is $2,000 per month.
To incarcerate 2 people for a month costs the taxpayers $9,600. 4 people run $19,200, Four homeless people could be housed in one 2 bedroom for $2,000 saving a total of $17,200 per month.
It gets better. Santa Barbara has 15 cops whose job it is is "predominantly" dealing with the homeless problem. That is an annual salary of $58,226 per officer x's 15 = $72,782.5 per month or $873,390 per annum. But the city government has no money to do much to alleviate the plight of the homeless.
None of these figures take into the costs incurred by the jailing staff, clerks both jail and courts or the judge's time.
This is government waste in the highest degree.
The monies if put into affordable housing would after 3 to 5 yrs save the city millions within the next 3 to 5 years.
So is it false economic theory, creative spin and/or stupidity?
The cost of dealing with the homeless, if you take reports on the problem and associated financial data as provided by local governing bodies seems shockingly high. And it is. Way too high.
These numbers are fed to the taxpayers as problematic. They are very problematic, but not for the reasons stated by local agencies.
I give you Santa Barbara California.
Santa Barbara has been cracking down on the homeless.
" Average home prices top a million dollars, tourism is the fastest growing industry, vacancy rates are near zero, and the city’s 900 homeless are a constant source of tension for merchants and residents."
Tourism. Who are these tourists? The rich. They don't like seeing people who are less rich.
Near zero is not zero. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are also "near"zero.
The Santa Barbara solution is to criminalize homelessness. What does that mean? It takes more police hours, more jail time and more court time. The cost per day in the county jail per inmate is $160. That is $4,800 per 30 days. The cost of a two bedroom apartment in Santa Barbara is $2,000 per month.
To incarcerate 2 people for a month costs the taxpayers $9,600. 4 people run $19,200, Four homeless people could be housed in one 2 bedroom for $2,000 saving a total of $17,200 per month.
It gets better. Santa Barbara has 15 cops whose job it is is "predominantly" dealing with the homeless problem. That is an annual salary of $58,226 per officer x's 15 = $72,782.5 per month or $873,390 per annum. But the city government has no money to do much to alleviate the plight of the homeless.
None of these figures take into the costs incurred by the jailing staff, clerks both jail and courts or the judge's time.
This is government waste in the highest degree.
The monies if put into affordable housing would after 3 to 5 yrs save the city millions within the next 3 to 5 years.
So is it false economic theory, creative spin and/or stupidity?
One city’s key to keeping its California paradise: Arrest the homeless
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