Posted on 05/26/2018 10:33:50 PM PDT by KingofZion
Tubbs, a Stockton native and Stanford graduate who is all of 27 years old, wants to give at least $500 a month to a select group of residents. They'll be able to spend it as they wish, for 18 months, in a pilot program to test the impact of what's called guaranteed basic income.
If the very sound of that knocked you half off your chair, this next initiative might finish the job.
Stockton is about to award stipends of up to $1,000 a month to residents deemed most likely to shoot somebody. This program is called Advance Peace, and it's modeled after a crime reduction program in the Bay Area city of Richmond.
The idea is that a small number of people are responsible for a large percentage of violence, and offering them an alternative path — with counseling and case management over an 18-month period, along with a stipend if they stay the course — can be a good investment all around.
***"Exciting" is not the way everyone describes the program.
"You've got to be kidding," Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and vice presidential running mate, tweeted last month.
But Tubbs responded with a Twitter touche.
"Actually modeled after the Alaska Permanent Fund," he wrote. "Are you familiar with it?"
The Alaska fund shares the wealth on state oil revenues, awarding residents roughly $2,000 a year.
*** "I think it's not smart," said insurance agent Evelyn Vega, who wouldn't mind it so much if the free money went to people with legitimate need, rather than being awarded randomly and without requirements. "After Bill Clinton passed the welfare-to-work act, my mom had to go back to school and it eventually motivated her."
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Sounds like a libtard jerk.
Communism: Tried and failed every time.
He’d be better off offering a $1,000 bounty on all potential troublemakers.
Remember Stockton? They were one of the first cities to declare bankruptcy. Headed that way again.
Ah, so profiling is just fine if done by some empty headed college grad with a leftist mindset. The democrat rot is beginning to stink really bad!
Can you buy ammo with the $?
You get the behavior that you reward. Who does he think he will attract to Stockton?
Being a white, straight, Christian, conservative male I bet I am #1 in a liberals mind as being most likely to shoot someone.
Please someone, tell me this is satire.
The Alaska Permanent Fund is dispersing funds from income producing assets owned by the state.
Having just been bankrupt, I doubt Stockton owns any income producing assets.
Unless the comparisons always end up being equal, it sounds like that degree program itself is racist.
I wonder if they’ll give you $2,000 if you threaten to kill two people?
...too lazy for midnight basketball?
Keys to the city for those partial to bombs!
the scary part is ...the majority voted for this imbecile
Yes, Vallejo was the other one. I stayed in Stockton back in March. Years ago, I used to drive through Richmond on my way to work. My co workers told me to stop doing that, cuz if my car ever broke down in Richmond, I would be dead. I stopped, and started taking 37 to 101 south, to San Raphael. Richmond is a basket case.
I asked my friend, what happened, when Stockton declared bankruptcy? He said the NRA got a whole bunch of new members. 👍
Lots of people around the world are willing to ACTUALLY shoot someone, for far less than $1,000.
Perhaps some few millions will move to his town, to take advantage of the higher pay, and lighter work requirements (just being LIKELY to shoot someone).
“Can you buy ammo with the $?”
You’d better, if you’re going to be living in Stockton.
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