Mayor Evans announces launch of Rochester’s Guaranteed Basic Income program

Rochesterfirst ^ | 06/15/2023 | Gio Battaglia

[ChicagoConservative27]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Mayor Malik Evans announced the launch of Rochester’s Guaranteed Basic Income program Thursday — a pilot program that would give $500 a month to around 350 families.

The program will launch on Thursday, June 22 at 10 a.m. with an application form, and will be available for one week.

To qualify, Mayor Evans says applicants must:

Be 18 years of age or older Live in a qualified census track in the City of Rochester Have lived in the City for at least one year before applying Have a household income of at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level Only one individual per household can participate in the program

[ChicagoConservative27]

Rochester is a bleep hole. Who exactly are they going to tax to get this money??

[GOPJ]

If it only goes to ‘the poor’ it’s just welfare under a different name.

[Sacajaweau]

349 black families and 1 white family. These people are already receiving hosusing, food etc.. This is for the new car and/or drugs.

[DallasBiff]

Rochester is a bleep hole. Who exactly are they going to tax to get this money??

Well maybe Paul McCartney, wasn't his late wife, Linda, part of the Eastman-Kodak fortune, that was based out of Rochester.

[Bob434]

Next will be:

Mayor Evans announces End of Rochester’s Guaranteed Basic Income program

and then:

Mayor Evans announces that he is calling out hte national guard to put down the riots from those who are now denied a guaranteed basic income

[Sacajaweau]

185% = $27,000 for one....$36,000 for two

[aquila48]

Mayor Malik...

[RWGinger]

Actually Linda Eastman was not part of the Eastman Kodak family.

[1of10]

“basic income”

Can anyone give me a readers digest version of the lefts thinking on this?
I see it popping up more and more.
I know the WEF is all for it.

Give people money, buy their votes ... I get that ..

But the end game seems to be give everyone a “basic” income...
Come on guys I know somebody can sell this to me.
Put on your best left wing tips and let er rip .
Why do these leftys want this?

[rxh4n1]

Actually Linda Eastman was not part of the Eastman Kodak family.

Yep. That Eastman family ran a white shoe law firm. Not Kodak.

[Secret Agent Man]

Its just socialist wealth transfer purely to make the inner party leaders pushing this class warfare, to look like they really care.

If they cared they reign in bad spending in all areas, they’d demand school teach kids properly and not view parents as enemies, they would become extremely tough on crime to make the community safer, and fight against perversity of all kinds in the community.

[devere]

No connect I know of between Linda Eastman McCartney and George Eastman who founded Eastman Kodak.

[Mark17]

purely to make the inner party leaders pushing this class warfare, to look like they really care.

They don’t care. They are buying votes. F them.

[jjotto]

Linda Eastman was from a Jewish family. George Eastman (Kodak) was decidedly not Jewish.

[Sicon]

Have a household income of at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level

If you have income above the poverty level, why are you getting other people’s money?

[Williams]

This seems absurd because $500 a month cannot be a guaranteed income worth talking about. It barely equals a healthy tax credit. And if you don’t provide it to everyone it’s not a guaranteed anything.

It’s just a handout to 350 poor people.

[Mark17]

👍👍👍👍👍

[bigfootbob]

J-O-B=Guaranteed Basic Income.

[jmacusa]

Not the brightest looking star in the constellation.

[GOPJ]

If they cared they reign in bad spending in all areas, they’d demand school teach kids properly and not view parents as enemies, they would become extremely tough on crime to make the community safer, and fight against perversity of all kinds in the community.

You're right on all of this...