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What is a vehicle like that even for?
Running over protesters.
Spreading managed Democracy!
It's apparently a "Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle". What is it for: "It’s designed for high-water rescues (which saved many people this past week during the floods), active shooter situations, hostage rescues and other critical incidents, ensuring the safety of our officers and community,"
Military surplus. Cheaper than buying a tahoe and loading it up with police equipment.
There's absolutely no fucking god damned way in the 7 hells that a Tahoe with Police shit in it $700,000.
And if police departments are spending that much on a Tahoe, they need to be dismantled and investigated for embezzlement.
They did not pay 700,000 on it. They get them for basically scrap value.
I hope you realize what you're saying is that taxpayers paid less for the same vehicle the second time than they did the first time.
The police didn't pay anything for it, apparently. It's on loan from DoD
But, in exchange they pay to maintain it and the DoD can take it back any time they want.
Well yes. I dont see the problem with reusing stuff. Hell, isnt the motto Reduce Reuse Recycle?
"Reusing" and "rebuying" are two different things.
Theyre buying the truck from the military for near scrap value, its not like they're paying 700k twice. And yes it is reusing.
So it's okay for the government to use taxpayer money twice for military surplus if it costs significantly less the second time?
Is there anything else people should be taxed twice for?
What do you think most govt debt is? Is this your first time learning how one government department buys something from another?
And its not taxed.
Do you have any idea how much it costs to service something like that??? You don't take it down to the local garage. The thing probably costs 30k a year just in service costs.