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2006-09-19 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-19 10:31|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The idea, which has seen success in countries including Brazil and Mexico

Remember when it used to be: "We need to follow the social model of Germany/Japan/Canada/France"? Now we're supposed to emulate Mexico? It is to laugh

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-09-19 10:46|| 2006-09-19 10:46|| Front Page Top

#2 How about paying farmers not to plant crops too :)

Poor New Yorkers who make healthy choices - such as staying in school and regularly seeing the doctor - should be rewarded with cash to help break the cycle of poverty, Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Monday.

That's already in place. Make good choices and later in life, you get paid with better jobs and opporunities. Make bad choices and life sucks. Notice how so many grasshoppers in life who seek immediate gratification end up in poverty? Send the mayor a copy of Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, for him to look up "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink".

Posted by Snineger Spavitle5395 2006-09-19 10:47|| 2006-09-19 10:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Wait and see in 20 years how those countries are doing. 10-1 they will be in the economic toilet.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-09-19 10:54|| 2006-09-19 10:54|| Front Page Top

#4 WTF? I stayed in school, keep fit, and see a doctor regularly. Where the f*** is MY money?

Posted by ST 2006-09-19 11:03|| 2006-09-19 11:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe if they worked harder, they'd earn that extra bit of cash.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-09-19 11:09|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-09-19 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 ST - Fill out this form. It's pretty simple, really, just some checkboxes (e.g. race, ancestry, ehtnicity, gender, party affiliation, sexual orientation - the usual) to "classify" you correctly... You'll hear from us when we have "evaluated" it.

/Big Blue Govt ~~Voter Guarantee~~ "Help the Poor" Program

Posted by flyover 2006-09-19 11:17|| 2006-09-19 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 I like this idea better: If you don't stay in school, we won't give your a welfare check.

Posted by tabd 2006-09-19 11:35|| 2006-09-19 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Mayor Bloomberg, I have some questions here...

1. If the "cycle of poverty" and the "cycle of violence" had a race, who do you think would win?

2. Are Brazil and Mexico now the economic model that the city will be following? Believe it or not, I've heard that poverty actually does exist down there. Are you aware of that?

3. Why is it that folks that actually do make the right choices in life are never offered rewards for it? All they're ever asked to do is pay for the rewards for the people who don't. why do you think that is?

4. Are all rich people crazy?

You can answer them ihn any order you want.

Posted by tu3031 2006-09-19 12:26|| 2006-09-19 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 "New York officials say the cash rewards would not come from government funds."

Good Luck!

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-09-19 18:54|| 2006-09-19 18:54|| Front Page Top

#10 #9: "New York officials say the cash rewards would not come from government funds."

That's true.

The government doesn't generate funds - it ~~steals~~ extorts them from taxpayers.

So we'll end up paying for it in the end.

May I suggest what you do with this dumb idea and your end, Mr. Mayor?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-19 19:22|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-09-19 19:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Nanny statism at it's worst. Bloomberg's proposal is both stupid and condescending.

Posted by DMFD 2006-09-19 19:54|| 2006-09-19 19:54|| Front Page Top

#12 I can see lots of 'poor' from Connecticut and New Jersey establishing so-called residency (list an address where their relatives live) and then double-dipping.

Posted by Pappy 2006-09-19 21:10|| 2006-09-19 21:10|| Front Page Top

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