ChiGoose

Gavin Newsom sucks and it pains me that he’s the first Dem to jump on this strategy. Would have really liked someone else to do this but I suppose I have to give him credit for being the first.

Look, these are people who went from “Hillary Clinton is eating children in a pizza parlor basement” to “it’s no big deal that Donald Trump is a pedophile. The fact that they are now going from “Socialism is bad” to “it’s a good thing for the government to take ownership of companies” isn’t surprising when you recognize that they are just dumb lemmings following whatever they are told.

LFMAO Trump did a socialism Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business Government starting to take ownership of private companies. One would think the MAGA crowd is gonna be upset with this. Unless, of course, they just assume anything Dear Leader does is good.

I don’t understand what they were thinking with the redesign. Cracker Barrel was an iconic brand and it stood apart from others in the market with a kitschy appeal. The rebrand makes them seem bland. What draws you to them over the competition when they all look basically the same? That being said, I have no idea why the redesign is being called “woke.” It seems to follow in the pivot to that sleeker modern style that we’ve already seen from brands like Taco Bell.

If the DC deployment has solved crime in DC, then why would they need to start arming the guard now? National Guard members on DC streets for Trump’s crackdown will soon be armed, Pentagon says It doesn’t seem to make sense unless fighting crime wasn’t the purpose here…

They're eating the cracker! They're eating the barrel!

They really don’t think things through, do they?

We don’t have hard numbers at this time, but you can make an estimate from what is known. Reporting from previous deployments estimate the cost at $530 per soldier per day. This is line with previous statements from the DC National Guard estimating the cost of deploying 5,000 troops per day at $2.65 million. While there weren’t 5,000 DC National Guard troops deployed, hundreds have been deployed. Additionally, hundreds of soldiers from the national guards of several states have been sent in (which are probably more expensive given travel and housing requirements). I’ve seen estimates as high at ~2,000 national guard troops activated, but even if you want to say it’s half that, it would be half a million dollars per day, or $180 million per year to sustain this deployment. And that doesn’t factor in the costs of other federal agents (ICE, HSI, FBI, etc) who have been reassigned to assist. So you’re raising you hand saying you’ll help pay for hundreds of millions of dollars per year to support permanent national guard deployment in DC?

Totally fair about the actual cost. Until we get hard numbers, it’s going to be an estimate. But the logistics and material behind taking people from plainclothes day jobs, getting them equipped, organizing and deploying them can’t be cheap. Do they get stipends or extra pay when they are activated? Even if it’s half of that estimate, it’s still prohibitively expensive for a long term solution. NG is supposed to be for short term deployments, like disaster response. More about piling up sandbags and providing logistical support than patrolling and crime enforcement. A couple million dollar price tag for immediate help in the wake of a hurricane seems more justifiable than the tens/hundreds of millions for permanent deployment would cost

Man, you’re just spiraling at this point, huh? Sure, I have ideas on how to combat crime but they aren’t relevant to whether or not the DC deployment is effective or even for the stated purposes. Even though you are out here defending the deployment, you still can’t answer basic questions about it so you need to grasp for any distraction. ”hurr durr. He lives in Chicago. Hurr durr.” Pathetic.

Well now you’re gonna get the poor guy excited For the low, low price of $350 million+ annually per city, we can solve crime across the nation

Aww, poor guy is triggered We’re talking about what’s happening right now, kiddo. You’re attempts of whataboutism are as pathetic as your inability to answer basic questions about the plan you so ardently support.

If this is such a great solution, why would DC do anything to change it? It’s costing taxpayers over $1 million per day, so if the plan is to wait until DC takes over, why would they decide to spend $365 million per year when you and I get to pay for them to have it for free?

What’s your plan, keep the deployment permanent? How much is that going to cost taxpayers?

If you read through the thread, they point out that they don’t care about those people. The purpose isn’t to fight crime, it’s to fight “crime.”