
via city-of-vultures:
“Catwoman”
Hello i’m Wild (France) via Curioos
“The corporations pay an average of $37 an hour (no medical, no pension benefit, no overtime pay) for a member of the NYPD, with gun, handcuffs and the ability to arrest. The officer is indemnified by the taxpayer, not the corporation.
New York City gets a 10 percent administrative fee on top of the $37 per hour paid to the police. The City’s 2011 budget called for $1,184,000 in Paid Detail fees, meaning private corporations were paying wages of $11.8 million to police participating in the Paid Detail Unit. The program has more than doubled in revenue to the city since 2002.”
via the fantastic mr. cubitt
i was.going.to.make.a comment on the shifting into.a cyberpunk dystopia and sigh wistfully for the ability to be a shadowrunner, for example, then i wondered…. why am i not fighting now?