So until we’ve all been fully stimulated and the rainbow-farting unicorns appear, we’ve got to cut back. It’s happening around my household, and I’m sure it’s happening around yours.

It’s happening in your cities too. Massad Ayoob writes about how various municipalities are cutting back on law enforcement because they just can’t afford it. Even here in Austin. APD Top Cop Art Acevedo cut $3.7 million from the police department budget by reducing overtime and delaying a cadet class until September.

What does this all mean? Simple. Less cops on the street.

For those of you that put your safety and security into the hands of others, there weren’t many of those others before, and now there will be even less. That means there’s less to protect you… fewer hands into which to put your safety and security. The corollary is the bad guys will be aware of this reduced police presence, and you better believe they’ll take advantage of it.

It’s your life. It’s your liberty. It’s your property. It’s your happiness. How much do you value it? How much responsibility for it are you willing to take?