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onlypassingthruyesterday at 10:14 PM4 repliesview on HN

A company nightwatchman making $20/hr would cost about $80k/yr, all in.

One prisoner costs the California taxpayer $125k/yr, all in.

Maybe the company should foot the bill for a security guard instead of asking the taxpayers to subsidize their business.


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zdragnaryesterday at 10:22 PM

This implies that vandals only attack one business, instead of being a public nuisance or menace to everyone.

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Retricyesterday at 10:32 PM

24/7 coverage 365 days a year at 20$/h = 175,200$/year.

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dylan604yesterday at 11:13 PM

> Maybe the company should foot the bill for a security guard instead of asking the taxpayers to subsidize their business.

Why would a company spend their own money when they can have someone else spend their money instead?

happyopossumyesterday at 10:28 PM

Your takeaway is that every solar installation, regardless of size, now has an $80k/year minimum cost associated with its' mere existence because California can't get its' house in order?

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