Standard tactic, used over and over again

And a tactic employed by all levels of government. Years ago, after the BET threatened to make a slight cut in the police department’s budget, the Chief released a plan that would cover the lost revenue by laying off all our school crossing guards (who were making something like six-bucks an hour at the time). “You wanna threaten us, eh? How’s about we threaten your kids?”

They keep doing it because it seems to work.