Why is it always the demand side that wishes to rally support by “putting a face” on the problem? (I know, but I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings, including my own, by calling them a whiner.) The Mountaineer today tells the story of a cop who could lose his job if a proposed decrease in federal funding for local police officers is slashed. To date, North Carolina has received $256 million in federal dollars through the COPS program. Congress is considering slicing this year’s disbursements 66%. Is the police officer the only person affected by restraining the flow of money from the president’s private stash? What would we read in a human interest story about Chinese investors, future taxpayers, overextending local governments, etc.?