Posted on 06/06/2023 7:33:26 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
The whole concept is anathema. Here are a few of my questions for the judge:
Who exactly is this "third-party agency" that will be managing this wealth transfer (theft), of $20M of public taxpayer money? How much will they skim off the top in various fees to "administer" this program?
What are you going to do when these "guaranteed funds" end up helping families meet their basic needs like paying rent (buying Air Jordans), buying groceries (buying cocaine), transportation (buying rims to pimp their rides), or child care (out of state abortions). Will anyone be criminally prosecuted?
You say that Families report improvements to their physical and mental health and are able to spend more time with their children. What about the impact on me when I have to work even more hours to pay the additional tax burden you've imposed to pay for this and as a result I get to spend less time with my own children?
You say "Decades of neglect, inequity, and discrimination have financially destabilized generations of Harris County families, perpetuated poverty, and created unfair barriers to prosperity,". OK, Shelia Jackass Lee has been the U.S. Representative for most of Houston for the last 28 years and has accomplished precisely "dick" in terms of alleviating the economic and social sufferings of her constituents. How is spending $20M more going to move fix this? (I'm sure when Houston elects Jackass Lee as the new Mayor, she will finally get things turned around).
I could go on but you get the point.
Increase by how much? Very little, I suspect.
Any time somebody gets something without paying for it, somebody else pays for something without getting it.
The beginning of universal basic income.
How is giving money to people an “investment?” This is blatantly paying for votes.
> the $20.5 million investment program called Uplift Harris <
Kamala Harris has heard about “Uplift Harris”. And she misunderstands. I hate to be the person who has to tell Harris that it’s not about her. She won’t be getting $20.5 million.
I’ve never understood, if these universal basic income programs, provide income over and above, and in addition to, whatever public assistance program benefits people receive.
Also wonder, in this era of multi trillion dollar federal budget deficits, and strained state and local budgets, exactly where the money for these programs is coming from.
Exactly. Even the so called “work requirement” to get EBT cards is 20 hours a week! Preposterous for those of us oldsters who still work 7 days a week.
Decades of laziness, ignorance and a culture the eschews education and families with fathers have perpetuated multi-generational poverty and dependence on drugs and government handouts.
20.5 million dollars will pay for an office, an administrator, “their” secretary and a dozen flunkies who will distribute about 1.5 million to the target beneficiaries.
Who guarantees the guarantee?
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I was somewhat surprided to learn that this Guaranteed Income concept has been under consideration for quite a long time.
Even the late president Richard Nixon was for it.
In 1969,Nixon wanted every American family of four to have, from the state, at least $1600. a year. That would be equal to about $10K today. Milton Friedman recalled that the decision was dropped, due to concerns that society would be adversely affected, and more inclined to induldge in unsavory vices.
Here's the link mentioned in the article about other counties around the country implementing the same types of programs:
https://countiesforaguaranteedincome.org
isnt this just another name for welfare?
The left must constantly invent new slogans and terms, to present itself as “new” and “forward thinking”
Whites are a minority in Harris county. I suppose they will get special consideration in “random selection”. /sarc
EC
It was Uncle Marx who said: ""From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." The Commie-Left always plays the role of Robin Hood -steal from the rich to give to the poor.
This destructive kind of communist shit in TX!?
“In need” of what? An 85 inch “Smart TV?” The latest iPhone? A Caribbean cruise? Tater Swuft concert tickets?
20.5 million dollars will pay for an office, an administrator, “their” secretary and a dozen flunkies who will distribute about 1.5 million to the target beneficiaries.
“They also have a greater sense of self-determination when they are trusted with the resources they need to build a better life.”
A greater sense of self-determination when they rely on handouts guaranteed to make them permanently non-self-determinative. Orwell lives, indeed.
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