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June 19, 2007
NYC Poor Paid to Be Good
In Mayor Mike's People's Republic of New York City, you can now be paid $300 for doing well on a school test, $200 for visiting the doctor, or $100 for going to the dentist as part of a demented new program that uses trivial acts of approved behavior as an excuse to hand out free money.
The idea is to encourage the poor to act responsibly, so that they might develop habits that will pull them out of poverty. For now the program is in an experimental stage, and thankfully private funds are being used. But it won't be long before taxpayers are required to pick up the tab.
Eventually the program could be expanded to pay people for getting out of bed before noon, or brushing their teeth, or refraining from guzzling that second 40-ouncer of malt liquor.
Incredibly, moonbats are attacking the program from the left. Screeches Margy Waller, a domestic policy advisor in the Clinton Administration:
It just reinforces the impression that if everybody would just work hard enough and change their personal behavior we could solve poverty in this country, and that's not reflected in the facts.
You see, the idea that people could rise out of poverty through their own effort is dangerous crazy talk.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 19, 2007 7:46 AM
Comments
From the Article:
The rewards have been used in other countries, including Brazil and Mexico, and have drawn widespread praise for changing behavior among the poor.
Just like silly liberals - the use of turd-world models for their social engineering experiments. I wonder if they'll be making payments in pesos?
Liberals are sick, sick folks.
Posted by: Jimbo at June 19, 2007 8:40 AM
Free money? Where do I sign up?
Incidentally, if there is such widespread praise for this program in Mexico...why are thundering herds of illegals still crossing our southern border?
Posted by: Barb Dwyer at June 19, 2007 9:03 AM
And in other news, RINO Bloomberg finally gets the message we dont want him. One RINO scumbag down, a whole bushel to go.
Posted by: Brooklyn Red Leg at June 19, 2007 4:43 PM
damn links
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070619/ap_on_el_pr/bloomberg_politics
Posted by: Brooklyn Red Leg at June 19, 2007 4:44 PM
