While Trump's first budget decimates spending for health, education, the environment, science, the arts, and anything that aids the poor, the elderly, and children, it lavishes money on the military and security. But, not so fast there, New York City. According to the NYPD, Trump's budget would actually gut New York’s counterterrorism efforts, making the city less safe.
Very curious, especially given that that's where his current wife and son, Barron, reside.
Also, particularly nasty that he's cutting security funds for the city seeing as how it's needing to spend $127,000 to $145,000 per day for police protection for his wife and child and an average of $308,000 on those days when Trump is there as well.
Maybe he just wants to follow his buddy Rudy Giuliani's example of making the city as vulnerable as possible during attacks for whatever perverse reason. (It was Giuliani who overrode all objections and put the emergency command center in the World Trade Center.)
NYPD used the same fear-mongering talking point when they were told Stop and Frisk violated peoples Constitutional rights.
ReplyDelete"city seeing as how it's needing to spend $127,000 to $145,000 per day for police protection for his wife and child and an average of $308,000 on those days when Trump is there as well. "
Trump pays New York City Property Taxes. Or that money reversed for other NY departments.
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/property.page
Of course, NYPD needs that money for civil right settlements for abuses committed by the their officers..