This CERTAINLY couldn't have any national security consequences, nope.
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Yep, nobody can bribe a person who's struggling financially.
Good thing this doesn't make them more prone to taking bribes..
Right? This article is like an advertisement to foreign governments and criminal orgs
thats gonna be a national security issue at some point, financials are important in vulnerable sector checks. just pay your guys a decent wage, thats what work is for unless the whole social contract thing is breaking down.
I think that ship has sailed long ago.
Maybe they'll do something about rent when the pigs need it?
Ah, who am I kidding? They'll get a raise and the rest of us can drown.
Housing is a problem now that feds can't afford it?
Cops are supposed to be the line between the haves and the have-nots, sociologically speaking. They exist to enforce the rules of the haves upon the have-nots to keep the two separate.
If the line falls into have-not territory, the rich get eaten.
If I pay you handsomely to punch strangers in the face, you have a price. But at a certain price you'd opt to punch me in the face instead.
I worry that if captiallism continues too far the elites will control police forces by giving them just enough to feel wealthy and forcing them to oppress those with less by threatening their livelihood if they don't.
Right now they are given the power to abuse everyone else in lieu of pay, so we are basically at that same point but with other incentives.
Financial Problems are one of the biggest indicator for trouble when dealing with Security Clearances.
Very easy decision for someone to 'share' documents they shouldn't if it means making rent, or paying their doctor, or not going hungry.
That's why any job with a clearance should make stacks. But here we are...
Oh no, they are in the same financial situation as everyone else!
Won't someone think of the poor authoritatians?
Man, I'm glad that's only a problem for FBI agents and not the rest of the people. Imagine if all of us needed housing and that other thing I used to like... what was its name again? Food?
Maybe they just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and lay off the Mocca Frappe Latte's?
Good. Maybe they should quit and find different (not police) work
ACAB
Government pay is garbage. If you’re lucky enough to find a job that gets you to GS-13 you might crack $100 grand. And in most cities, that isn’t enough anymore.
Ah some good news.
Great, pay the feds even more. Might as well, nothing matters anymore.
We don’t have to be like Reddit and just drop comments like these. Why shouldn’t feds get paid more? Is there some reason why a clerk at your local federal building shouldn’t make a wage that affords them with the same standard of living they had 5 years ago?
Depends on what they're actually doing. The FBI doesn't exactly have a spotless history. This is well known.
Because fuck cops?
A clerk serves a useful positive role for society. They should get paid a living wage. Cops should not exist.