Moving Forward on Basic Income

Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by protomyth on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @01:49PM (#11808440)

I agree with that one. It is probably worth it to deliver the money each day or at least each weekday. You could handle the food stamp microloan via and debit card that only is for small food purchases which deducts payment from future daily payments over a certain period of time.

It would also stop the amazingly timed police checkpoint on the first day of the month.

Handling the debt-collector issue is probably going to take something like a law to force payments in very small amounts until legitimate debts are paid off.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by jedberg on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @02:01PM (#11808562)

> It would also stop the amazingly timed police checkpoint on the first day of the month.

I've never heard of this. Do you have a link or something? I assume it's like a checkpoint they set up in poor areas so they can get money from the welfare checks or something?

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by protomyth on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:13PM (#11809249)

So, its the first of the month and people got their welfare check (or EBT these days), and need to drive into town to buy food. Amazingly, a police checkpoint appears and pulls every driver (well, not semis or high priced vehicles or well those without reservation plates) over. Of course the cars aren't well maintained (poor rural - got a grant based on those stats) so tickets fly. But I'm sure everyone feels safer now.

I am having one heck of a time finding the articles.

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by jedberg on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @05:45PM (#11810536)

Ah so it's not to catch them while they have money, it's to catch them when they know the poor people with poorly maintained cars will be heading to town. That's quite shameful.

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