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Boston considers guaranteed income program to fight poverty
yahoo! news ^
| 11/29/2023
| WCVB - Boston
Posted on 11/30/2023 6:44:51 AM PST by millenial4freedom
The nearby cities of Cambridge and Chelsea have experimented with similar programs and supporters say it could be a boost to nearly 18% of Boston residents.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: biden; economics; inflation; trump
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To: millenial4freedom
“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
― Benjamin Franklin
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posted on
11/30/2023 6:56:41 AM PST
by
budj
(Combat vet, second of three generations.)
To: millenial4freedom
To: Red Badger
That episode of “Our Gang” was good! Spanky walking around the house BUG HUNTI’N finds his Fathers secret stash in the wall and proceeds to throw the cash out the window. Hal Roach did some good stories.
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posted on
11/30/2023 6:57:25 AM PST
by
mythenjoseph
(Islam has NO place in a Christian society.)
To: millenial4freedom
Guaranteed income means guaranteed taxes.
Excessive taxation was a thing in Boston once, wasn’t it?
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posted on
11/30/2023 6:57:37 AM PST
by
Alas Babylon!
(Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
To: 1Old Pro
We now have the results of the War on Poverty.
Poverty won.
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posted on
11/30/2023 6:59:21 AM PST
by
cgbg
("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
To: cgbg
Fortunately these cities have printing presses in the basement of their city halls. ;-) Unfortunately, those presses are only set up to print pre-filled ballots.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:00:44 AM PST
by
Gil4
(And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
To: Red Badger
That episode of “Our Gang” was good! Spanky walking around the house BUG HUNTI’N finds his Fathers secret stash in the wall and proceeds to throw the cash out the window. Hal Roach did some good stories.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:01:17 AM PST
by
mythenjoseph
(Islam has NO place in a Christian society.)
To: cgbg
We now have the results of the War on Poverty. Poverty won.Not exactly imo, we simply paid the poor enough to be comfortable so as they remain on welfare with no incentive to change.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:01:32 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: eyeamok
Work? That would be demeaning. And racist. And white supremacist. Work is a social construct by the white man to hold minorities down.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:02:04 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: mythenjoseph
Hollywood was ‘new’ then, and not far removed from ‘vaudeville’. They still knew how to entertain folks...............
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:02:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: millenial4freedom
Sorry for double posting....I forgot to mention that Spanky was using a hammer for his BUG HUNTI’N
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:03:10 AM PST
by
mythenjoseph
(Islam has NO place in a Christian society.)
To: millenial4freedom
The ultimate communist city!
To: Dilbert San Diego
“Did those programs achieve their goals?”
Yes, they did. They created a permanent underclass that reliably votes “D” every time.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:03:39 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: millenial4freedom
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:05:41 AM PST
by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eye)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
They created a permanent underclass that reliably votes “D” every time./I>Yep, it was political calculation using taxpayer dollars to achieve. Not unlike open borders.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:06:46 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Alas Babylon!
The guaranteed income won’t be enough to pay taxes on.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:07:46 AM PST
by
RWGinger
(FJB)
To: Venkman
Recipients should be required to have a red letter P (for parasite) tattooed on their foreheads. The reaction to your proposal will probably be, "And I get a free tattoo, too? Cool!"
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:10:16 AM PST
by
Gil4
(And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
To: millenial4freedom
And once they get people hooked into depending on that income, then they can control the masses by threatening to withhold it.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:10:54 AM PST
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
To: millenial4freedom
And once they get people hooked into depending on that income, then they can control the masses by threatening to withhold it.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:10:59 AM PST
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
To: SCConservative58
I believe that any self respecting person would not vote for this. The only way to get rid of poverty is getting people working and able to pay their own way. Plus it adds to the tax base instead of depleting it.
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posted on
11/30/2023 7:11:23 AM PST
by
JoJo354
(We are the revolution....)
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