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Indiana_Jawns t1_j5u9q9t wrote

Reply to comment by User_Name13 in How a Philadelphia antiviolence grant improperly funneled $76,000 to city police staffers by PhillyAccount

"I took cold medicine 5 minutes ago but I still have a cold! This medicine is useless!"

Because, as you know because it's been explained to you multiple times, anti-violence programs take multiple forms, Some are short term interventions and others are longer term solutions. Philly's anti-violence program is brand new and has barely had any time to show results, but you were calling it a failure from the start.

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User_Name13 t1_j5uag20 wrote

>Some are short term interventions and others are longer term solutions. Philly's anti-violence program is brand new and has barely had any time to show results, but you were calling it a failure from the start.

So how many billions will the city have to spend before these anti-violence programs can point to any tangible result?

$1 billion?

$10 billion?

I can't help but think there's better ways to use those funds in a poor city than doing the work that parents are supposed to do.

Parents are supposed to teach their kids not to engage in violence.

This goes way beyond the mandate of city government.

The fact that the city is wasting $200 million on this would be funny if it weren't so sad.

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