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Chicago’s $500-A-Month Guaranteed Income Program Is Coming Back
Blockclubchicago ^ | Melody Mercado

Posted on 05/02/2024 6:45:57 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

DOWNTOWN — Mayor Brandon Johnson is putting $30 million more in federal pandemic relief dollars toward a revived guaranteed income program that will give more Chicagoans $500 monthly cash payments.

Johnson is also committing more money for violence prevention, rapid rehousing and other initiatives as he revamps the city’s approach to spending what remains of the $1.9 billion in pandemic financial aid the city received in 2021 under the American Rescue Plan Act.

(Excerpt) Read more at blockclubchicago.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicago; donatefreerepublic; guaranteed; income; program; votebuying
Using covid funds huh? 🙄🙄 Just wait until that runs out
1 posted on 05/02/2024 6:45:57 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
If it doesn't run out before November, that will be deemed good enough.

But Chicago is burning this summer anyway, because of the DNC convention.

2 posted on 05/02/2024 6:52:56 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

HOWINTHEHELL IS THIS LEGAL??????


3 posted on 05/02/2024 7:01:45 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

HOWINTHEHELL IS THIS LEGAL??????


4 posted on 05/02/2024 7:01:56 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can I use VPN to apply for the bucks as a Chicago resident? Oh, wait, all the fraud has already been committed and the funds disappeared.


5 posted on 05/02/2024 7:09:41 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: VanShuyten

If you are in Lagos you might be able to pull it off.


6 posted on 05/02/2024 7:33:09 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: ChicagoConservative27

will illegal aliens be moved to the front of the line before the money runs out?


7 posted on 05/02/2024 7:58:13 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: Taxman

I identify as qualified for the free money from every American city and state in the country......

“Hope. Change.”

Just no hope for American citizens.

All according to plan.


8 posted on 05/02/2024 8:12:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Salman

The convention will be a spectacle to watch, hope law enforcement stages a sick out


9 posted on 05/03/2024 2:51:04 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun; Salman

Don’t rule out the possibility that they will phone in this convention and conduct it on Zoom or something. It’s probably not lost on them what happened to the Democrats in ‘68 when the commie riots were televised.


10 posted on 05/03/2024 4:43:03 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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