Posted on 07/06/2017 3:02:55 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Stockton’s mayor says he’s exploring options to try to reduce violence in the city, including a Richmond program that pays people not to shoot each other.
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Beam me up Scotty there is no intelligent life down here
I wanna get in on that. They pay farmers not to grow crops, i wanna be paid not to shoot my neighbors, rob banks and steal Skittles from the convenience store.
What happened to the DC program proposed by Mayor Bowser to pay people not to rib?
What a rip-off. I’ve spent decades not shooting people, and the government never paid me a dime.
I’ve never shot anyone. How much do they owe me?
Social Service worker: “Did your husband shoot you?”
Client: “No, I shot myself. Honest! Please don’t take that ‘no-shooting’ benefit money away!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF2RYhNhBdw
Dole Office Clerk: Did you kill last week?
Gladiator: No.
Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to kill last week?
Gladiator: Yeah.
Dole Office Clerk: Now, listen, this is your last week of unemployment insurance. Either you kill somebody next week or we’re going to have to change your status, got it?
Have we really reached new depths of stupid like this? *SMH*
If I was a gladiator, I’d want a no cut contract.
But how can they tell who is likely to shoot someone unless they profile?
How do you measure the success of the program?
Could some random individual simply move out to Stockton, and make an assertion that “I did not shoot Person X”, and stand to collect a reward for being a model citizen?
If, after being paid for not being a bad person, you go out and shoot somebody else later, do you have to give the money back?
Or does the collection of the reward for not shooting a person give you a “get out of prosecution” card later on?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Of course, it’s a democrat idea. What happens when they run out of other people’s money to pay people not to shoot each other? Does this mean they finally realize guns arent the problem?
I din do nuffin, now pays me !
I’m gonna be rich!
We are going to have a LOT of rich FReepers and this place won't be a lot of fun any more.
Do get paid less if you merely stab someone?
Looks like a rich environment for a knife store.
Well, I have a shot anybody and 57 years, never. How much is that worth?
Partial paid-up admission at the Pearly Gates.
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