Posted on 02/05/2018 5:59:23 AM PST by Cheerio
Residents to get $500 a month, no questions asked, as starting point
The mayor of Stockton, California, is leading an experiment with universal basic income, which is set to start by giving low-income residents $500 a month, no questions asked.
Mayor Michael Tubbs calls his city ground zero for issues like wage stagnation, rising housing prices and loss of middle-class jobs that affect the nation.
The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.
I feel that as mayor its my responsibility to do all I could to begin figuring out whats the best way to make sure that folks in our community have a real economic floor, Tubbs said.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
> Note: all homeless , crackheads, bums and other neer-do-wells head to cali for your monthly prizes <
You’ve got that right. If this thing actually goes through, every “gentleman of the road” will be heading to Stockton.
LOL! You win the thread!
Will Hollywood celebrities protest their money being given away?
“...no questions asked”
Translation - no records kept.
Results - A slush fund the left can use as they see fit.
But at the same time, the PhD graduate chemical engineering types (if there are any--the mayor says the whole city is poor) will leave Stockton faster than the city can tap their wallets for the $500 to pay the losers.
If this experiment in socialism is actually implemented, it will last less than 6 months before the idiot leaders of Stockton get their senses back and reverse this stupid policy.
“Gibsmedat.”
Actually, giving everyone a basic income and then taking away all other government benefits would greatly simplify government, and the individuals would then be responsible for their lives.
Testing the axiom that you couldnt pay me to live in Stockton, eh?
Testing the axiom that you couldnt pay me to live in Stockton, eh?
These Marxist freaks are funding it.
probably time to start a “when does other people’s money run out” pool.
Free Money ,the town will grow by a Million over night
The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.
Redistribution schemes and no plastic grocery store bags should bring in the investment. Thanks Cheerio.
Time to up my investments in liquor and spinny rims
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>> “What is the common thread?” <<
The corrosive admixture of sloth and greed!
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And if they find their experiment is a failure what happens when they cease their $500 payments to the ner-do-wells?
I agree 100%.
Pardon the metaphysical analysis, but California is evidently being run by the grandchildren of the hippies of the 50s and 60s, community leaders still trying to create the perfect world through escapism.
More socialism is great, as long as you're spending other peoples' money!
We're going to have to re-conquer California, y'all must realize.
yes— marxism. where do they get that money? under the treat of arrest and death.
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