@FrancescaHongWI The above should have read “increasing social programs would reduce crime far less than increasing police officers”

It's important to distinguish between a candidate's political beliefs/positions and their health (mental and physical). For example, @FrancescaHongWI clearly said that if Wisconsin invests more in social programs, crime will go down. If that were the case, then we would have done it long ago everywhere. It neither passes the test of common sense nor academic research. On the other hand, increasing the number of police officers does reduce crime — something the Obama admin and Congress did (se...