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Liberty wrote:Democrats expect government to fix everything according to their everchanging rules of political correctness.
Republicans want government to be the arbitor of all morality and all should live according to their strict code.
Libertarians are considered dangerous radicals because they believe government should be less intrusive in the citizens' lives.
Very well putThere was a study done along these lines. Apparently I-10 is a drug corridor. Drugs move from Texas to the east coast and then cash moves from the east coast back to Texas along I-10. Louisiana (I believe) set up a special drug interdiction task force. But that task force focused on stopping vehicles headed west (with cash) and pretty much ignored vehicles headed east (with drugs). Apparently the message was "we don't care if illegal drugs come into the country as long as we get a share of the profits."Jusme wrote:What I find most troubling, in the article, is that police department's, claim that they lost a large amount of funding, under the more restrictive regulations. The idea that a department is funded, due to crime, sends the wrong message. First, it encourages, over zealous seizures, and second, it would also open the door for selective enforcement, in that rather than try to prevent crime in the first place, it would allow small time dealers to get bigger, to acquire a larger haul.
Asset forfeiture was never designed, nor should it be used, as a budgeting tool. It should only be used, to provide things, not budgeted. And only after due process, has been met, to allow for the forfeiture in the first place. JMHO
Pariah3j wrote:Asset forfeiture is legalized theft. IMO it's tyranny unless you can prove the funds or item was gained only from a crime. This guilt until proven innocent that is applied to property needs to go...