Someone give me an estimate as to how long it would take for society to collapse without... [View all]

[FarLeftFist]

Teachers, Police, Firefighters, Sanitation Dept., (even EPA & FDA if you want)

What is your estimate how long society would collapse?

Think of no Sanitation Dept., the pollution, disease, plague, etc.

Think of no police.

No firefighters, no teachers.

Although Romney said we don't need MORE and didn't say NONE, I can see how as wages get crushed, pensions get crushed, and attack on Unions could eventually make these positions seem far less desirable. The RW keeps chipping away at the incentives and soon people won't find it worth-wile to put their lives on the line for such low wages/benefits/pension/etc. Even with the grueling job teachers have ppl may not see the incentive, esp. with budget cuts & blame games.

So even if there are far FEWER than now I see it as a detriment to society. Less teachers=Overcrowding=Less knowledge. Less Police=Higher crime rates/Violent crime rates. Less firefighters=More abandoned buildings=Lower property values=Lower economic health. Less Sanitation=More infestations/Disease/Healthcare.

The rightwing simply cannot see how society is all intertwined & connected. They're advocating laying off workers while simultaneously complaining about unemployment! That takes AUDACITY! The same audacity it takes to be against abortion while simultaneously against birth control! It's like they live in bizarro-fucking-world!

EDIT: And to show further inter-connectedness; these peoples paychecks are our economy. More middle class workers=more people buying goods & services even luxury items. AND it lowers the unemployment rate.