We've already defunded the police -- and made things worse

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : By far the fastest-growing category of spending is public education.
58% : Police spending isn't crowding out education and social-services spending.
58% : In 1980, inflation-adjusted spending on education (including public college) was $10.8 billion.
57% : Spending on health and social services (not including education) has grown more slowly, but it started from a much higher base.
56% : De Blasio kept the force lean partly to deliver on his anti-police rhetoric and partly to fund his other priorities, including expanded prekindergarten, homeless services, and social services (including mental-health care).
53% : If anything, education spending has crowded out police spending.

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