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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Love how DCUM brings so many retrograde Reaganites out of the woodwork.

Cash transfers to low-income households are one of the best ways we have to fight poverty and improve the lives of the most vulnerable, especially children. Turns out giving money to impoverished people relieves poverty. What a concept!

Here’s one recent study finding that cash transfers are associated with reduced mortality among women and kids: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06116-2[/quote]

Absolutely. Now let's find half a billion dollars to implement this county wide! Never gonna happen. [/quote]

Frankly the foolishness of this freebie is astounding- no mandatory participation in accounting for the household and financial advising.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/23/virginia-fairfax-basic-income-pilot/

If I win $11k plus I have to report it as income.  So what about the part not from free covid cash?  How could this cash received not go into public assistance determinations?  "If you are a tax filer, can you still apply? Yes. The financial assistance payments from this pilot are not included in gross income or taxable due to being disaster COVID-19 relief. Please note that these payments are likely to be counted as income for the purpose of public assistance eligibility determination."

Basically the county wants to give tax free money and some recipients might not have even been in the USA from Jan 2020 through 2021.  I guess FX will declare this a resounding success ...maybe Eric Adams helped draft it during some personal cell phone calls.[/quote]

I'm pp quoted. WaPO [i]"also report a “lightening of people’s mental load.”

Alexandria residents say they no longer need to worry about food prices when they are at the grocery store, Mullen said, or report that they are now able to spend more time with their children because the payments have allowed them to quit second jobs.[/i]

2nd jobs?  The fact is one low income household wih 1 child or 2 and 2 adults could have 1 adult employed. [/quote]

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