https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Defunding-Social-Services.html https://metropolitics.org/Defunding-Social-Services.html 2025-07-15T05:00:00Z text/html en Brenden Beck budget cuts public services social services municipal budgets police United States <p>Cities around the United States are bracing for federal funding cuts to social services. Yet, as Brenden Beck explains, cities have long been cutting social-service spending while increasing police spending, even as crimes rates have fallen. <br class='autobr' /> When Dallas wrote its city budget last year, something was missing. The city had allocated zero dollars to its Skillman Southwestern library, effectively closing the branch. Seattle joined Dallas in slashing social services later in the year when it</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Debates-.html" rel="directory">Debates</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-budget-cuts-+.html" rel="tag">budget cuts</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-public-services-+.html" rel="tag">public services</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-social-services-+.html" rel="tag">social services</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-municipal-budgets-+.html" rel="tag">municipal budgets</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-police-+.html" rel="tag">police</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-United-States-+.html" rel="tag">United States</a>