Poor Could Draw $6,000 a Year Under Bloomberg Plan

[Psycho4Bud]

Getting a library card, going to the dentist, and keeping a job will soon yield up to $6,000 a year in bonus cash under a test program that New York City is trying as part of Mayor Bloomberg's anti-poverty initiative.

About 13,000 families will be eligible for the payments, part of a $50 million program whose details were announced yesterday by the deputy mayor for health and human services, Linda Gibbs.

The idea is to offer payments to encourage behaviors that have been shown to reduce poverty. A library card for an elementary or middle school student will bring his parents $50; a preventive dental visit brings $100 for each family member; and a steady full-time job pays $150 extra a month.

Conditional cash transfers have become a popular anti-poverty experiment in the developing world, but New York City's will be the first American attempt.
Poor Could Draw $6,000 a Year Under Bloomberg Plan - June 19, 2007 - The New York Sun (http://www.nysun.com/article/56868)

Paying someone for having a steady full time job? I always thought that was the purpose of getting a job. LOL....what sort of welfare will the left come up with next.

Have a good one!:s4:

[delusionsofNORMALity]

keep your room clean do your chores and we'll give you an allowance. weren't we supposed to grow out of this crap? as long as the government keeps treating people like children, there will be those who refuse to grow up. it seems that our elected officials would prefer to consider us as children so they won't feel the need to listen to us.

[Psycho4Bud]

as long as the government keeps treating people like children, there will be those who refuse to grow up.

Reminded me of a song........ROCK ON!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU2SRNU955c

Have a good one!:s4:

[psteve]

They should put that money into education. it would be a lot more effective.

[medicinal]

Getting a library card, going to the dentist, and keeping a job will soon yield up to $6,000 a year in bonus cash under a test program that New York City is trying as part of Mayor Bloomberg's anti-poverty initiative.

About 13,000 families will be eligible for the payments, part of a $50 million program whose details were announced yesterday by the deputy mayor for health and human services, Linda Gibbs.

The idea is to offer payments to encourage behaviors that have been shown to reduce poverty. A library card for an elementary or middle school student will bring his parents $50; a preventive dental visit brings $100 for each family member; and a steady full-time job pays $150 extra a month.

Conditional cash transfers have become a popular anti-poverty experiment in the developing world, but New York City's will be the first American attempt.
Poor Could Draw $6,000 a Year Under Bloomberg Plan - June 19, 2007 - The New York Sun (http://www.nysun.com/article/56868)

Paying someone for having a steady full time job? I always thought that was the purpose of getting a job. LOL....what sort of welfare will the left come up with next.

Have a good one!:s4:Where do I sign up?~LOL~ I need some free cash.