we can have violent austerity or we can have government that works for people, and if politicians are willing to both sell it like that, and then follow-through, we'll be in a much better place.
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"Defund police, or defund everything else" fits all of this into six words, if you're looking for a snappier, concise summary to run on
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Yeah but she doesn’t want it to be
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her track record is great on that
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It turns out that "there are things that the police are demonstrably *very bad at* and let's move those responsibilities and budget to other agencies" is a thing you can, in fact, say
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When the policy is broken down to we need to divest from police forces and try to invest more of those funds in preventive measures like better social and mental health services people support it, so why fight over a slogan if that slogan is going to damage the cause?
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I think "defund" is pretty clearly understood as such? it's straightforward about the action and the target
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I regret to inform you, Kelsey, that by the Rules of the Internet, *you* are now...Former Senior Communications Director for Pete Buttigieg
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It’s not “salient” for anyone associated with the former mayor of South Bend to be heard commenting about law enforcement. It’s not smart.
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