Stockton says it’ll give $500 to families who meet X-conditions. It’s a short term idea and no one says anything much over expected success or failure.
If this had been tied to some Saturday work challenge (clearing some city park) or painting up some senior citizen’s house over a weekend each month...then I’d say it would be a fair deal.
The one positive....it’ll all be spent within hours after paying it out. It’s your guess if it goes toward a new set of tires, a new TV, or $500 of Cocaine.
...they tried paying Ute’s to paint
Park fixtures in Newark one summer...18 Ute’s...making $10 an hour
...one paint brush