Letters to the Editor: L.A. needs more politicians? How a bigger City Council makes government smaller
I have a solution to Los Angeles’ crime problem.
The problem is money. The solution is to raise taxes to the highest rate in the nation.
Why? Why raise taxes to higher heights?
Because what the City Council does with the money raised is to make the problem of crime worse.
The truth is, in Los Angeles, crime pays well for the criminals. The price paid in the crime column does not include the taxes and fees a city has to pay to provide police protection and city services.
A recent report on the crime in Los Angeles County by the Los Angeles County Probation Department found that when police were called to a crime scene, there were four times as many officers called as the actual number of perpetrators.
This has resulted in officers being diverted to other areas, like the city of Santa Monica, where the officers were paid $3.25 an hour to perform a low-priority, low-impact job.
So, the criminals are making money with their crimes. And the criminals are getting paid.
Why should the criminals be allowed to make money with their crimes?
Why should our young people be allowed to get paid with their lives?
The answer is that this is how the government in Los Angeles provides the police department, and this is how the government in Los Angeles provides services to the people (taxpayers).
Government in Los Angeles has a habit of making things more expensive so that the people are forced to pay more.
That’s why Los Angeles’ elected officials are getting a raise.
They want more money. So they raise the money by increasing taxes.
And more money means more crime.
Banks and insurance companies use a lot of money to pay off their investors, and in return, their investments pay large dividends.
You do the same. When you pay off your home mortgage, the
