• Kaboom
    2·
    21 days ago

    Military surplus. Cheaper than buying a tahoe and loading it up with police equipment.

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      21 days ago

      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.

      • Kaboom
        2·
        21 days ago

        They did not pay 700,000 on it. They get them for basically scrap value.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
          9·
          21 days ago

          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.

          • Kaboom
            5·
            21 days ago

            Well yes. I dont see the problem with reusing stuff. Hell, isnt the motto Reduce Reuse Recycle?

              • Kaboom
                2·
                21 days ago

                Theyre buying the truck from the military for near scrap value, its not like they’re paying 700k twice. And yes it is reusing.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
                  4·
                  21 days ago

                  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?

                  • Kaboom
                    2·
                    21 days ago

                    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.

        • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          20 days ago

          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.