BRIBING CRIMINALS: Stockton California Mayor Gives Basic Income To Residents And $1,000 To Thugs Most Likely To Shoot You

THE PEOPLE OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK THEIR CHOICE FOR MAYOR…

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs says that for way too long, his city has been known for headlines about bankruptcy, violent crime and the housing collapse.
In the future, he wants it to be known as a place willing to test bold solutions… Bold solutions?
We’d call it a socialist solution that will bankrupt the city in a hurry!

The people chosen for this program get to spend the $500 in any way they choose. What happens when this mayor runs out of other people’s money to give out?

Tubbs, a Stockton native and Stanford graduate who is all of 27 years old, wants to give at least $500 a month to a select group of residents. They’ll be able to spend it as they wish, for 18 months, in a pilot program to test the impact of what’s called guaranteed basic income.

If the very sound of that knocked you half off your chair, this next initiative might finish the job.

BRIBING CRIMINALS…WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!

Isn’t this incentivizing people to become criminals so they can cash in on the $1,000?

[link to www.latimes.com]

Stockton is about to award stipends of up to $1,000 a month to residents deemed most likely to shoot somebody. This program is called Advance Peace, and it’s modeled after a crime reduction program in the Bay Area city of Richmond.
The idea is that a small number of people are responsible for a large percentage of violence, and offering them an alternative path — with counseling and case management over an 18-month period, along with a stipend if they stay the course — can be a good investment all around.

“Let me be clear, Advance Peace is not a get out of jail free card,” Tubbs wrote in explaining the program on Stockton’s public safety website. “Participating in this program doesn’t erase the past, but it does help these young men learn how to make better choices for their own and our community’s collective future.”