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    $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    $1,000/month is a good start, eventually it will be $1,500, then $2,000, then...

    What could go wrong??

    https://abc7chicago.com/5127392/
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    Perfect. As if food stamps and welfare not enough this should surely break the poverty cycle. Just imagine if someone wanted to work this would all instantly disappear. Genius.
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    The Banker boys want an increase in the money velocity for some reason, rich people don't spend it fast enough...
    Boycott Israel now, avoid the rush.

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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    Quote from the article..

    "CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some Chicago families could start collecting a $1,000 check every month with no strings attached. That's the new proposal from a task force created by Mayor Emanuel.

    The idea is to break the cycle of poverty. The pilot program would give 1,000 struggling Chicagoans $1,000 a month"

    I bolded the important part. I doubt "some Chicago families" include unemployed homeless white men.

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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    Quote Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
    Quote from the article..

    "CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some Chicago families could start collecting a $1,000 check every month with no strings attached. That's the new proposal from a task force created by Mayor Emanuel.

    The idea is to break the cycle of poverty. The pilot program would give 1,000 struggling Chicagoans $1,000 a month"

    I bolded the important part. I doubt "some Chicago families" include unemployed homeless white men.

    If anyone on this forum can show me proof that I am wrong, I will send you a silver eagle.
    Decades ago when I was seriously injured and unable to work I was desperate so I went and applied for food stamps. The nice black lady (I sincerely mean that) handling my application told me: "Your skin is the wrong color (to receive food stamps)." Yes, she literally said exactly that.
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    Quote Originally Posted by midnight rambler View Post
    Decades ago when I was seriously injured and unable to work I was desperate so I went and applied for food stamps. The nice black lady (I sincerely mean that) handling my application told me: "Your skin is the wrong color (to receive food stamps)." Yes, she literally said exactly that.
    My dad was pretty much told the same thing back in the early 80s. My parents were struggling financially, and needed assistance. They applied for food stamps and I remember my dad coming home pissed off saying "We're not getting help because we're white."
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    The Welfare game is a game and you have to know the rules, but unless you are born into it, your screwed. Its like you need an adviser to get help.
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    we used to laugh at jokes about this. baltimore moving towards discriminatory pricing for water

    https://baltimorefishbowl.com/storie...on-would-work/

    Council President Young’s income-based water billing legislation

    The legislation uses a formula, Credit = Bill Total—Income x Affordability Threshold, for drawing up a household’s “Water-for-All Credit,” tied to how close they are to the federal poverty level. If they make 50 percent or less of the poverty limit, the affordability threshold in that equation is 1 percent; for those making between 50 and 100 percent of the threshold, it’s 2 percent; and for households making more than 100 percent, but less than 200 percent of the poverty level, it’s 3 percent.

    We realize that’s not that clear, so let’s plug this into some examples. For a family of four, the federal poverty limit is $25,100. If they earn 50 percent of that amount, or $12,550, and have an annual water bill total of $860 (the average for 2018, Young’s office said in a legislative analysis report), they would receive a yearly credit of $734.50, or $61.20 off of their monthly water and sewer bill.

    If they make 75 percent of the federal poverty level, or $18,825, they would get a credit of $483.50, or $40.29 per month.

    And if they make just over 100 percent of the limit—let’s say $25,200—they would receive an annual credit of $104, or $8.67 per month.

    And what’s more: Each monthly payment under the plan would be double-counted to help cut down a customer’s outstanding debt. So, if a household paid $100 for their monthly bill, $100 would also be knocked off of the total they owe to the city.

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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    Quote Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
    Some Chicago families
    It's always been this way, the whites HAVE to help out the blacks, they can't make it on their own without "WHITEY'S" help and deep down inside they know it and some resent it.
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    Re: $1,000/month to 'struggling Chicagoans' no strings attached

    I thought the Illinois Gov was in extreme financial disrepair?
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