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California city to give some families $500 a month
Sacramento Bee ^ | January 23, 2018

Posted on 01/24/2018 5:56:56 AM PST by artichokegrower

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To: artichokegrower

At first glance it appears idiotic. However, years ago economist Milton Friedman advocated a “negative income tax” wherein every adult citizen in the lowest level would be give a lump sum every year as an alternative to welfare payments. Friedman was the polar opposite of liberal.


21 posted on 01/24/2018 6:20:23 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: artichokegrower

Leftist morons. How about lowering taxes and creating friendly economic climates for businesses to flourish and create more jobs for citizens. They will make more money than the welfare giveaway plus it generates more tax revenue for the city too. Can’t have that successful model—- not on the leftist agenda of communism/ socialism failure.


22 posted on 01/24/2018 6:20:57 AM PST by tflabo
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Sounds like more money for drink and drugs per family, no matter how ‘carefully’ the money is monitored.


23 posted on 01/24/2018 6:21:28 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: artichokegrower

Local drug lords are cackling with glee


24 posted on 01/24/2018 6:34:38 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: artichokegrower

Wasn’t Stockton bankrupt not long ago?


25 posted on 01/24/2018 6:38:44 AM PST by Rusty0604
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To: artichokegrower

Drug dealers will be the primary recipients of that money. The rest will be spent on home delivery pizza, new flat screen TVs and gaming consoles.


26 posted on 01/24/2018 6:48:15 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

This is going to take most of the day to stop laughing!


27 posted on 01/24/2018 6:48:22 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Migraine

“”just like biden tracking every last dime of how the porkulus package back in ‘09””

AMEN - he made the promise and that was the last any of us ever heard about the accounting of all those billions!!


28 posted on 01/24/2018 6:49:41 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: artichokegrower

This was already tested in the late Soviet Union.


29 posted on 01/24/2018 6:51:27 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: artichokegrower
Making someone dependent on the state is a surefire way to build their self esteem!

Looks like someone took their stupid pills.

30 posted on 01/24/2018 6:53:36 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Build KateÂ’s Wall! Never Forget!)
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Self-esteem and identity, huh?
More word salad bullzhit.


31 posted on 01/24/2018 7:13:04 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: VietVet876

Is that where the “earned income tax credit” came from?


32 posted on 01/24/2018 7:48:07 AM PST by Texan
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To: artichokegrower

California is a lost cause socialist Utopia


33 posted on 01/24/2018 8:19:39 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: artichokegrower

More welfare, because it hasn’t been tried before.


34 posted on 01/24/2018 10:00:51 AM PST by Trillian
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This is going to drive the price of street drugs up.


35 posted on 01/24/2018 11:16:09 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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