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lucasbelite t1_j9timbt wrote

Calls to defund the police were mainly popular among activists, not society at large or political rhetoric in campaigns. Even looking at polling it doesn't get majority support, not even in Baltimore. Politicians dropped being captured by that issue pretty early on when it wasn't really getting support at least Statewide and in general.

The goal seems to be to have an adequately funded police force that reflects the community they serve. Banning no knock raids, implementing police cameras, encouraging police to report others when they abuse, and changing the culture in general among other reforms. While also increasing funds in education and programs.

Wes Moore has announced a First in the Nation service year option and historic spending in Education. And he just announced the first black Maryland State Police superintendent. At least Statewide, it has been exactly what I expected. Right now the area is struggling to even retain police when you look at recruitment and officers leaving. And this is at the backdrop of Baltimore having the second highest homicide rate in the nation. They aren't going to start experimenting with alt safety programs and putting more pressure on police leaving positions in that dynamic. And so far Moore hasn't drifted from his rhetoric in that respect. He got endorsed by the largest police union for a reason.

Because at the end of the day they are already struggling finding cops, crime and murders are somewhat high, and it doesn't have public support. Their focus is going to be retentention to not shake the beehive. And reassuring safety.

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Syphon6645 OP t1_j9tk61b wrote

More spending on education? Baltimore city students already get more funding in the state per student, by far. I'm fine with even more but if it's going to waste what's the point? The school system in Baltimore City has been disgustingly mismanaged fiscally and administratively.

Our youth need direction, purpose, and hope. They don't have that. The police don't bring that. Our society needs to be corrected at the core. The parents need the ability to support their children and families need to be put back together. We've been torn apart by drugs and corporations.

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Le_Feesh t1_j9tkjix wrote

Without trying to be inflammatory, what do you propose is a core correction to society that would bring hope and prosperity to these poor communities?

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Syphon6645 OP t1_j9u1dee wrote

  1. Invest in secondary education and financial literacy for youth and adults.
  2. Protect workers with benefits and wages. You have to be careful with this because the democrats screwed that up and capitalism took advantage.
  3. Make teachers a highly regarded commodity. The administration treats them like shit. Parents treat them like shit.
  4. Youth sports, clubs, recreation facilities, and more. Homework Youth centers that provide tutoring and meals. A safe space to spend time.

There's more...

But you need to allow Parents to be Parents. Stop having government sponsored programs from profiting off not doing their job.

Eliminate the corruption in Baltimore and complete financial mismanagement in the city in schools.

Reform government assistance to help people get to move away from it instead of taking advantage of it. Some programs mothers are making more money being single mothers and discourages families. We need strong families. Strong communities.

Attack systematic racism. We need to help our society and stop locking them up. Keeps dads from being fathers and continues the circle. So prisons need to stop profiting from butts in beds and passing funds to the judges and other areas of the legal system. Biden and Harris and Clintons have done that in a big way and republicans haven't done much to slow it down.

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Willothwisp2303 t1_j9upp06 wrote

"Financial literacy" sounds like a fancy way to blame poor people for not being able to stretch a dollar to cover $100 of expenses. Magically have people respect teachers- I'd love to hear your plan to undo 70 years of making education a political battlefield. Give kids a second home and be their parents, but let parents be parents? Reform government systems to further punish single parents instead of eliminating the benefits cliff?

You have a lot of buzzwords but not a lot of substance.

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Syphon6645 OP t1_j9uriy8 wrote

Financial Literacy doesn't have anything to do with stretching a buck. Look up Maryland HB0985 Del. Walker has been trying for years to put it through. Hopefully, he gets it through this year.

70 years of disrespect of teachers? Right now the teachers are underappreciated, under paid, and over worked. Not only that the school system doesn't provide them with adequate supplies. 30 years ago when a student messed up in class it was the students fault. Now it's the teachers being blamed by the parents and the administration backing up the parents. We have a couple of generations of entitled kids with a lack of accountability. Administrations need to back up the teacher and when the student is in the wrong it needs to acknowledged.

Government assistance is designed to keep people enslaved/dependent on the program and to keep supporting whoever is feeding the individual. They know people aren't going to bite the hand that feeds them.

Sorry I use "buzzwords". I don't have time to type up full detailed plans. I'm hoping folks can get a general idea. How the dots are connected I'll leave to you.

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DeliMcPickles t1_j9tvbw0 wrote

And this is the point. You're talking about billions if not trillions of dollars of investment to improve the social fabric, and I'm not even sure how we measure the efficacy of that money. And I agree that this is more along the lines of what's needed, but it will take decades if not longer and politicians think in 2-8 year chunks and so there's no appetite for this. Much easier to just give 1 million bucks for more cops, which doesn't help the cops or the city.

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Syphon6645 OP t1_j9u2err wrote

You aren't wrong! But we didn't get fat overnight and we aren't gonna get skinny one morning in the gym. Funds can reprogrammed and we can get a control of the other spending. Congress passes around a trillion dollar like it's nothing and it scares me. We've gotten so used to it.

A million seconds is 12 days A billion seconds is 32 years A trillion seconds is 31,688 years

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brewtonone t1_j9tyt8a wrote

Not to mention that the governor is slowly stripping the Boost program that helps low income kids go to better performing schools.

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cologne_peddler t1_j9wv0a3 wrote

>Baltimore city students already get more funding in the state per student, by far. I'm fine with even more but if it's going to waste what's the point?

First of all it's not "by far." It's about the same as Montgomery Co. Second, the system was underfunded for several decades. Maryland had to be sued into properly funding Baltimore Schools in the 90s; and it's fallen short of the mandated terms quite a bit in the interim. You can't glean anything from state rankings alone.

>The school system in Baltimore City has been disgustingly mismanaged fiscally and administratively.

How much of it is fiscal mismanagement and how much of it is pushing a deteriorated system uphill?

As for the rest, I agree. Making it rain on cops is useless and destructive.

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lucasbelite t1_j9w3gz3 wrote

> Our youth need direction, purpose, and hope.

To be fair that is kinda the point of the service year option. A lot of kids tend to burn out and give up as they get older when they come to the realization of their circumstances and start to question their pathway after high school. And a service year option provides direction, mentorship, paid stipends, purpose, and value for the community. That is usually the point of partnerships, where multiple stakeholders are invested in a program, and everybody wins.

And by having a program after you complete high school, it could right the ship before it veers off course for a lot of students. As opposed to them finding alternatives to their situation, coping with the fact all that work was for nothing, and blaming society, which often, of course, is influenced by peer groups that promote bad behavior leading to negative outcomes.

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