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Oakland launches guaranteed pay
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Posted By: NorthernDog, 3/24/2021 12:23:37 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The mayor of Oakland, California, on Tuesday announced a privately funded program that will give low-income families of color $500 per month with no rules on how they can spend it. The program is the latest experiment with a “guaranteed income,” an idea that giving poor people a set amount of money each month helps ease the stresses of poverty that often lead to poor health while hindering their ability to find full-time work. The idea isn’t new, but it’s having a revival across the U.S. after some mayors launched small, temporary programs across the country in

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I don't see how this is legal. They are undoubtedly white, Asian, and Hispanic people who could use no-strings-attached $500/month too.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: itsonlyme 3/24/2021 12:24:56 PM (No. 733782)
Gimme dat
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Mofongo 3/24/2021 12:32:46 PM (No. 733787)
There are only a handful of states that qualify as America at this point. The rest are impostors. We all need to choose carefully.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Citoyen 3/24/2021 12:36:24 PM (No. 733788)
Since it is “privately financed” this program is a charity. I don’t know if charities can discriminate. Since most charities operate under various IRS tax codes the federal government could have a say whether this program is legal.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: DVC 3/24/2021 12:45:56 PM (No. 733793)
Shoveling out OPM. Take money from people and shovel it out to other people. Communism.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: SALady 3/24/2021 12:49:59 PM (No. 733797)
Isn't "white" a color?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: winmag 3/24/2021 12:51:53 PM (No. 733798)
Invest in crack pipes and pot stores. Sales are about to go through the roof.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: downnout 3/24/2021 12:55:33 PM (No. 733805)
Nail salons and hair extension salons, take note.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 3/24/2021 12:59:24 PM (No. 733808)
White is all colors and black is the absence of color, right?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: chance_232 3/24/2021 1:08:31 PM (No. 733820)
Many poor people are poor for a reason and many can't manage their finances. When the program runs out, many of its recipients will end up being worse off.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bad-hair 3/24/2021 1:10:18 PM (No. 733821)
So hey DUDE Watcha do for a living ? Ahh Be Black.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: tsquare 3/24/2021 1:17:50 PM (No. 733834)
Its not a new idea, the article is right. The results have been observed each time. No need to rn this experiment againt.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: privateer 3/24/2021 2:10:19 PM (No. 733886)
Per 8, Black IS the absence of color. So I guess black folks are not POCs, but really AOCs...Absence Of Colors.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: coobr03 3/24/2021 2:14:32 PM (No. 733888)
Pay very close attention to what is going on with the new SBA Payroll Protection Loans. They opened it up with preference to small businesses under 20 employees without any safeguards. All you had to do was provide a Schedule C and a bank account number. The fraud is enormous! I've been following and people are submitting multiple applications and are getting funded up to $21,000 on each one. They are now actually checking and requiring an actual filed tax return and a real bank account, previously, they were allowing money to be sent to pre-paid (like Wall-mart) debit card accounts. Last I read, since the first of the year, the SBA has paid almost $700 million in duplicate payments to the same individial "business."
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Gruntmedic 3/24/2021 2:32:35 PM (No. 733905)
That I believe is broke,so where are they going to get the money?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Starboard_side 3/24/2021 2:41:08 PM (No. 733908)
This is more likely of a vote-buying scheme, and an opening to gather data into people's personal business. All under the guise of a "charity" or similar to an NGO. How do you expect, or hope, people will be able to rise above their circumstances, when you need them to remain where they are simply to ensure you can keep funding X, Y, and Z programs. Aren't there already scores of various government programs these same people are receiving benefits too? Is there a point where someone might realize working isn't going to pay as well as simply getting on all these programs so why bother? Why work on getting that education even? Didn't George W. Bush make a comment about "the soft bigotry of low expectations"?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: marbles 3/24/2021 3:10:49 PM (No. 733935)
What color ?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: moebellini3 3/24/2021 3:12:05 PM (No. 733938)
Its called reparations. Yea so they can spend it on tattoos, drugs and illegal guns. You talk about people living in a fantasy land, California takes the cake. These people already get free phones, free health care, food stamps, subsidized housing, child support programs and social security. Stresses of poverty, what freakin poverty. You want a freakin full time job, get an education and learn a trade. 60% of them fail out of high school because they have no interest in school or getting a better life. On top of that, for those wanting an education, its the democrats who are against school choice, school voucher programs and charter schools. Get it yet.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: jalo1951 3/24/2021 3:15:16 PM (No. 733942)
Ah, it’s called welfare.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: TJ54 3/24/2021 3:27:09 PM (No. 733956)
Sounds unconstitutional on its face
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Reply 20 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 3/24/2021 3:37:31 PM (No. 733966)
Low income people of pallor are SOL!!
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Reply 21 - Posted by: skacmar 3/24/2021 3:52:10 PM (No. 733977)
Will the $500.00 per month in income have any effect on a family's eligibility for food stamps, Medicaid Health Insurance, subsidized housing rental assistance, or other income based assistance? In some cases, the $500.00 per month could totally cut these families off from government assistance. While that would be a great outcome, many will flounder without this assistance and the $500.00 per month might not be worth it.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: SweetSweetback 3/24/2021 6:07:08 PM (No. 734083)
Note to self: buy stock in Mad Dog 20/20, Thunderbird, Reynolds Tin Foil, and butane torches
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Reply 23 - Posted by: RuckusTom 3/24/2021 6:09:54 PM (No. 734087)
Hamburgers and sandwiches just shot up to $500 each (as well as quite a few other items as well).
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Reply 24 - Posted by: bpl40 3/24/2021 6:39:42 PM (No. 734109)
"Poor people " I can understand. Poor people of color I don't understand.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: DVC 3/24/2021 7:37:04 PM (No. 734164)
Systemic racism.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: JimBob 3/24/2021 8:16:21 PM (No. 734198)
.... and in another report, sales of Beer and Cigarettes quadruple.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: hoosierblue 3/25/2021 8:34:09 AM (No. 734575)
What is wrong with these people ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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