[mandaladon]

Giving money to poor people in need is an excellent idea, but as we’ve discovered through debacles like DACA, once you hand out free stuff, you can’t simply stop and expect no backlash.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When will they ever learn...

[ealgeone]

Might work as long as the $$ from the private grant holds up.

Idiots.

[mandaladon]

Renowned economists like Thomas Sowell have long maintained that merely handing out free stuff will never solve the poverty crisis, and it certainly won’t build self-esteem because that grows when an individual achieves something through their own merit and hard work — not through handouts. “The political left’s welfare state makes poverty more comfortable, while penalizing attempts to rise out of poverty,” Sowell wrote. “Leaders of the left in many countries have promoted policies that enable the poor to be more comfortable in their poverty.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~But it keeps them voting for Democrats

[Pining_4_TX]

Ah, the low income scam. I remember a “low income” apartment complex in a new development where the parking lot was full of expensive cars. A bunch of seniors put their assets in their adult children’s names (a bit risky, I’m sure) so they could qualify for subsidized rent in this brand new complex in a good part of town. Welfare never helps the poor.

[gibsonguy]

Idiots.

[butlerweave]

Experimenting on Poor People ?

[Purdue77]

Welfare is welfare regardless of what name you put on it.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

But they’ll be tracking their self-esteem.

[SERKIT]

I’m sure the crack cocaine industry in Compton will appreciate the infusion of that cash.

[Army Air Corps]

...the 26-year-old mayor of Stockton, California

I think that I found the problem.

[kingu]

The only problem I really see here is that a government is involved at all. Private donation; eh, people can do what they want with their money. Getting a city involved in handing out free money? That I have a problem with.

Also, $500 a month to 100 families for a year is $600,000. Looks like the city is going to skim $400,000 off the grant for themselves.

And lastly, gotta print this article out and go hand it out to some of the bums in the area so they know they can get free money in Stockton if they hurry on down there.

[oh8eleven]

“... I would like to serve 100 families for 18 months at $500 a month.”
Who decides what 100 families qualify? What are the qualifications? Why only 100?
Free, free, free is goooooooooooooooood ....

[bmwcyle]

FAIL

[BenLurkin]

Paying people to be poor isn’t ever going to “lift” them out of poverty.

In fact, quite the opposite.

[JimRed]

The liquor store owners and drug dealers are celebrating.

[dforest]

Tain’t nuff.

[PGR88]

The money is coming from a private grant.

There are apparently people, with money, even stupider than the mayor.

[moovova]

That 6 grand will quickly go up in smoke...or up the recipient’s nose.

[SkyDancer]

So. When that money runs out and those people became dependent on it, then what?

[I want the USA back]

There is no hope for these people. Once a mind adopts liberal thinking, there is no returning to sanity.

There is no way to reason with people who think that this is a solution to anything.

[all the best]

"The money for the universal basic income project comes from a $1 million private grant"

Socialism works until you run out of other people's money. People are not poor because they have not been given enough. They are poor because they have not given enough. Give and it shall be given unto you.