Posted on 02/21/2020 12:54:54 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Suraj Patel, a 36-year-old attorney, businessman, former Obama White House staffer and assistant professor at New York University is one of three Democrats running against incumbent Democrat Carolyn Maloney to represent New York’s 12th Congressional district. This is Patel’s second time running against Maloney, and the primary election will take place June 23.
In order to stand out, Patel is putting forth a bold policy proposal that he calls “Universal Basic Income for Kids.”
Patel proposes giving New York families a universal child allowance of $500 per month, for every child aged five and younger, and $350 per month for every child between the ages of six and 17.
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Obama staffer? Figures.
Give?? Don’t they mean steal.
Does he like helicopters?
But only with a legit marriage license?
No?
No sale, then...
Oh good, free money! That always works out well.
Trump needs to pound on the value of work like Reagan did
I’m 100% behind Suraj giving $500 of his own money per kid per family. More power to him. Such generosity and personal commitment.
But that’s not what he’s proposing, is it?
There is nothing wrong if Patel gives New York families a universal child allowance of $500 per month, for every child aged five and younger, and $350 per month for every child between the ages of six and 17.
He must be wealthy.
Many countries actually do this in an attempt to reverse collapsing birthrates.
Stinking IDIOT. You think we have an illegals problem now, just wait until such an asinine program would be put into place as an incentive.
He has enough of his own money to give everyone a slice per month? That’s nice of him
Many countries actually do this in an attempt to reverse collapsing birthrates.
If you have high tax rates, it isn’t the worst idea in the world.
A better alternative is to increase tax deductions for dependents. If people who are productive also manage to swing raising kids at the same time, raising the kids substitutes for some of the monetary “contribution” to the government as a way of contributing to society.
CHILDREN NEED ADULT Supervision,,
I want a unicorn that shoots rainbow skittles out its @$$.
The main problem with that, is it mainly give the incentive to the poor. Four kids means $2,000/month check.
We need to primarily give incentives to the middle class, if we’re going to do that.
It is time for Maloney to go. She has been there too long.
Excellent! Tour rides over the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.
one way
So where is this guy from? We have these types popping up in Washington all over the place. I guess we can thank big tech for all the people that wanted to change their lives by bringing the ideology here with them and get the US lemmings to agree to it. Even if he is a US citizen this is absolutely stupid.
Yeah buddy... just pluck it off the government magic money tree !!
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