Wealth Redistribution at it's Finest.
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Wealth Redistribution at it's Finest.
NYC Poor to Get Cash for Good Behavior. 
Discuss the fact that this program is "helping" those that obviously have no desire to help themselves.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Poor residents will be rewarded for good behavior - like $300 for doing well on school tests, $150 for holding a job and $200 for visiting the doctor - under an experimental anti-poverty program that city officials detailed Monday....
...Among the possible rewards in New York's program are $25 for attending parent-teacher conferences, $25 per month for a child who maintains a 95 percent school attendance record, $400 for graduating high school, $100 for each family member who sees the dentist every six months and $150 a month for adults who work full time.
...Among the possible rewards in New York's program are $25 for attending parent-teacher conferences, $25 per month for a child who maintains a 95 percent school attendance record, $400 for graduating high school, $100 for each family member who sees the dentist every six months and $150 a month for adults who work full time.
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This seems like a perfect incentive to get them to want to help themselves. Getting parents involved in education is huge. It's not even really wealth redistribution, it's just a reward system for doing well...monitary encouragment for performance...you know, capitalism.
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It "rewards" behavior that is simply the accepted norm; it's not rewarding exceptional behavior.
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what about the children of these people, who are we to shove them back into a viscous cycle of poverty. not everyone can be born into a caring family that supports them in making something of themselves. maybe these people don't want to help themselves, but should we punish their children for it?
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What a "classist" statement...poor people need the help of rich people in order to succeed.
I guess the terms "self betterment", "personnal satisfaction", "Self Reliance" are meaningless to you.
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somewhere there is a retard thinking "this is a great idea, what could go wrong?"
what about the children of these people, who are we to shove them back into a viscous cycle of poverty. not everyone can be born into a caring family that supports them in making something of themselves. maybe these people don't want to help themselves, but should we punish their children for it?
"Well, Mr. Smith, thanks for coming. It was great to meet you. You have a great kid."
"Uhhh, thanks. So when do I get my $25?"
That real caring.
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Similar programs have already been implemented in Brazil and Mexico with great success. There's a book about it:
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/books/socia..._Main_Text.pdf
And a shorter write up:
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiat...studies/case_9
http://www.cgdev.org/doc/books/socia..._Main_Text.pdf
And a shorter write up:
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiat...studies/case_9
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