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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was on welfare after I left my former husband, and had two kids under three. An extra $750 a month would have been life changing. Happy to report that like most welfare recipients, I was off the doles after a couple of years. I am all for this.[/quote] Right now the the general fund in Fairfax county takes in a bout 4.7 billion a year. Expanding this program to everyone up to 200% if the poverty line in the county would cost $1.5 billion. Do you cut 30% of the rest of the budget or do you raise every tax by 30%? Do you just hope that both people paying taxes don't flee and poor people don't flock? [/quote] Or maybe instead we wait for the pilot to conclude, look at the results, and then scale the program consistent with budget and taxation constraints? Another poster was absolutely right that the difficulty of helping everyone doesn’t mean that we should help no one.[/quote]
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