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Who does the court work for? The government. Who do the police work for? The government.

Yeah yeah, they work for “the people” “the tax payer” whatever. They work for the government. They get their paychecks from the same place.

What are you expecting here? This isn’t equal.

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ceejayoz 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

There's a very good chance the cops in question do not work for the Federal government. They certainly don't work for the judicial branch. It isn't a perfect setup, but it's better than many.

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ty6853 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The whole thing is intertwined. Podunk cops often get put on 3 letter task forces and work in a mutual arrangement with each other. They often have a really clever scam going on where they kick seizures up to federal agencies, since it is so much harder to block/contest federal forfeitures than local ones, and then the federal agencies kick back a fraction of it.

Maybe their paychecks don't come from the federal government nominally but in practice it's highly intermixed.

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wutwutwat 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

They all get paid from my pay check. They work for the government. Level doesn’t matter. They protect their own.

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JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | parent [-]

> Level doesn’t matter

This level of civic and legal ignorance is a large part of why our country is in the mess that it is.

	▲	wutwutwat 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, thank you. It is my fault. Glad someone is calling it out!

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ty6853 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's ironic that Milton Friedman, the guy that invented income tax withholding, was one of the staunchest fighters against it in the end.

They all get their paycheck straight out your paycheck before you even think about it. It's absolutely brilliant. No one would actually pay for most the horse-shit we get in return if you had to sign the check.