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Anonymous Coward User ID: 14364611 United States 06/20/2021 04:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Its lovely that you can exert effort toward making a reply to the couple who agree with you here, but how about tackling the opposing views, which for some odd reason, you just cant seem to muster up the effort to do. Providing rebuttals in your OWN THREAD really shouldnt be too hard if you wholeheartedly believe the content of your thread. Odd. You're right it's a lazy Sunday for me! edit to add... Matter of fact I'm fixin to take the dog out and relax under my big shade tree! Yeah that lazy get a tax payer funded sex change , loser ... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76891723 United States 06/20/2021 04:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to apnews.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year. The income threshold was based on 80% of the county’s average median income, meaning it includes both the poor and a slice of the middle class — people who face financial stress but might not ordinarily qualify for government aid based on income. For researchers, the pilot could give them a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living. For Steele, 57, it’s a welcome financial boost that helped her pay for car insurance and groceries. “It lessens my bills,” said Steele, who lives in the village of Ellenville with her retired husband. “People think because you’ve been working so many years, that you make this tremendous amount of money. But no, actually.” Awesome. I'll take it. Remember when we were kids and daddy said, "my house, my rules." And "as long as I PAY THE BILLS, you will follow MY RULES." When the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT decides to pay your bills, then they will be the ones to decide the direction of your life....they may decide where you live, what you can or cannot purchase...will they be paying for your health insurance and groceries???? Then they may have a say about what you eat and how you conduct yourself in your personal life. No such thing as a free lunch....dad was right. This will also pave the for a new "social credit system." If you don't BEHAVE and follow OUR rules and guidelines, then you'll lose your monthly stipend." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74650558 United States 06/20/2021 04:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | that amount of money is not enough for someone unemployed. I see she is employed. Quoting: beeches will she be smart and save it all? doubt it - she will not be farther ahead in a year, yet she is okay now. People like this woman are supposed to seem like nice regular normal people to us, who deserve a boost. the bigger picture is ignored. “It lessens my bills”. Fuzzy thinking like that ans you just know she’s going to spend it all. Be unable to account for it, and at the end of free money for a year feel worse odd than she ever was. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76891723 United States 06/20/2021 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to apnews.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year. The income threshold was based on 80% of the county’s average median income, meaning it includes both the poor and a slice of the middle class — people who face financial stress but might not ordinarily qualify for government aid based on income. For researchers, the pilot could give them a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living. For Steele, 57, it’s a welcome financial boost that helped her pay for car insurance and groceries. “It lessens my bills,” said Steele, who lives in the village of Ellenville with her retired husband. “People think because you’ve been working so many years, that you make this tremendous amount of money. But no, actually.” Awesome. I'll take it. Remember when we were kids and daddy said, "my house, my rules." And "as long as I PAY THE BILLS, you will follow MY RULES." When the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT decides to pay your bills, then they will be the ones to decide the direction of your life....they may decide where you live, what you can or cannot purchase...will they be paying for your health insurance and groceries???? Then they may have a say about what you eat and how you conduct yourself in your personal life. No such thing as a free lunch....dad was right. This will also pave the for a new "social credit system." If you don't BEHAVE and follow OUR rules and guidelines, then you'll lose your monthly stipend." "Dear Mr. Johnson, our database shows that you have exceeded your purchase of refind sugar-based food items, please return these products or we will DEACTIVATE your bank account. Thank you for being a RESPONSIBLE WORLD CITIZEN." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80014572 Netherlands 06/20/2021 04:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you think you're worth more than what your employer is paying you, then why don't you prove it. Go work for yourself and pay yourself what you think you're worth. It's what I had to do. THAT'S what freedom is all about. You're not a slave that must work for someone else and accept what THEY think you're worth. Take advantage of your freedom and better your lives for yourself instead of expecting a handout from others. Heck, pay yourself more than what you think you're worth. And give yourself a huge bonus at the end of the year if you think you deserve it. Stop crying about having to do chores for mommy and daddy to claim a paltry allowance and be your own boss of you. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75993659 Canada 06/20/2021 04:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to apnews.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year. The income threshold was based on 80% of the county’s average median income, meaning it includes both the poor and a slice of the middle class — people who face financial stress but might not ordinarily qualify for government aid based on income. For researchers, the pilot could give them a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living. For Steele, 57, it’s a welcome financial boost that helped her pay for car insurance and groceries. “It lessens my bills,” said Steele, who lives in the village of Ellenville with her retired husband. “People think because you’ve been working so many years, that you make this tremendous amount of money. But no, actually.” $500 per month? Thats nothing. I go to the grocery store and 4 small bags of groceries is averaging between $150 - $250. With the amount of hyperinflation occurring right now, that $500 will be completely useless in a few months. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 53392648 United States 06/20/2021 04:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | then you should have no issue sending me $500 to 2k a month right so I can set an play video game all day and not work now for starters you need to be working 50-60 hours of back braking work each week too at lets say at $10/15 an hour, you have no problem paying 1/2 you wages so someone can be lazy? any logical person sayd oh hell no |
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(OP) User ID: 57553864 United States 06/20/2021 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to apnews.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year. The income threshold was based on 80% of the county’s average median income, meaning it includes both the poor and a slice of the middle class — people who face financial stress but might not ordinarily qualify for government aid based on income. For researchers, the pilot could give them a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living. For Steele, 57, it’s a welcome financial boost that helped her pay for car insurance and groceries. “It lessens my bills,” said Steele, who lives in the village of Ellenville with her retired husband. “People think because you’ve been working so many years, that you make this tremendous amount of money. But no, actually.” Awesome. I'll take it. Remember when we were kids and daddy said, "my house, my rules." And "as long as I PAY THE BILLS, you will follow MY RULES." When the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT decides to pay your bills, then they will be the ones to decide the direction of your life....they may decide where you live, what you can or cannot purchase...will they be paying for your health insurance and groceries???? Then they may have a say about what you eat and how you conduct yourself in your personal life. No such thing as a free lunch....dad was right. PLATA BITCHEZZZZZZ UPGRADE UNAVAILABLE The Rolling Stones said it best... "What's confusing you is the nature of my game" |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77038665 United States 06/20/2021 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anything the government can do for me to make my life easier and better, I'm all for. Why should I have to bust my butt to make a living? I've worked hard long enough and haven't gotten anywhere in life. A $500 a month boost for me and the same for my wife would be very welcome. |
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User ID: 76648271 Canada 06/20/2021 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to apnews.com (secure)] Quoting: Don Draper from Nantucket Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year. The income threshold was based on 80% of the county’s average median income, meaning it includes both the poor and a slice of the middle class — people who face financial stress but might not ordinarily qualify for government aid based on income. For researchers, the pilot could give them a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living. For Steele, 57, it’s a welcome financial boost that helped her pay for car insurance and groceries. “It lessens my bills,” said Steele, who lives in the village of Ellenville with her retired husband. “People think because you’ve been working so many years, that you make this tremendous amount of money. But no, actually.” You think they would try the pilot program on people that actually need it. But then if they gave it to the actual bottom of society it would be spend on booze and drugs. So to be able to support their narrative and statistics they are giving it to lower-middle class instead. Embrace the cognitive dissonance. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79422414 United States 06/20/2021 04:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I live on 42 k a year and consider myself wealthy. These people feel poor on 100k year. They are morons, They spend it on frivolius crap, sneakers, cell phones, designer goods, over priced resturants. At the mall only one store consistently has a line, Gucci. What does that say about where people are spending their money? Mostly on CRAP nobody needs, and for this we will be enslaved. A bunch of assholes. |
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User ID: 79298980 United States 06/20/2021 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The money comes from the other 50% of the population who is working. But that can't last very long before the country completely collapses. What are you thinking? It should come from... asset dividend payments bank account interest payments any corporation or individual that owns more than one property. Offshore account holdings of people that live inside the usa or do business in the usa. Individual own private jet tax fine wines , eatery ,and luxury yacht tax. Import tax political tax for politicians or family members that own business or have large investments The mother fkr asshole elitist tax for anyone that thinks somebody owes them anything because they believe they are gods. Royalty tax on anyone that is royal or related to a royal family globally that might have any funds within the usa or any corporation that they hold interest in should have a minimum tax. any single christian church, or organized global religious cabal with over 100 members should be heavily taxed. Last Edited by messagehalted on 06/20/2021 04:40 PM All my post are theatrical artistic writing . |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80014572 Netherlands 06/20/2021 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | $500 per month? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75993659 Thats nothing. I go to the grocery store and 4 small bags of groceries is averaging between $150 - $250. With the amount of hyperinflation occurring right now, that $500 will be completely useless in a few months. That $500 will be weed money for most of you. And that's how they'll fund this unearned giveaway. The government will use automation to grow weed, and then they'll sell it to you, and get that $500 back from you to give it to you again next month. And you'll all stay home, too stoned and unable to afford to go anywhere. You won't even need a car. And that means less CO2, and less global warming. Perfect solution! Right? |
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User ID: 78963999 United States 06/20/2021 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | School paraprofessionals are way underpaid for what they do. In this case, she deserves the extra. Quoting: GA Girl Para professional? She can further her education and get a higher paying job. But since you are the one paying the $500 out of your pocket…. I am okay with it. Have a nice day = GFY. GFY = Go Fuck Yourself. If this offends you then have a nice day. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80424416 United States 06/20/2021 04:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I live on 42 k a year and consider myself wealthy. These people feel poor on 100k year. They are morons, They spend it on frivolius crap, sneakers, cell phones, designer goods, over priced resturants. At the mall only one store consistently has a line, Gucci. What does that say about where people are spending their money? Mostly on CRAP nobody needs, and for this we will be enslaved. A bunch of assholes. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79422414 $42K isn't wealthy anywhere in the US. $100K might not be either depending on where you live. When people say you need $125K/yr to live in places like LA, SF, and NYC they aren't lying. I know it's hard to get that kind of financial perspective from a double wide in Kansas, though. |
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