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    Exclamation NJ - Mayor of Newark proposes UBI program.

    Newark's mayor exploring universal basic income program

    http://www.fox5ny.com/news/newark-un...l-basic-income

    Posted Mar 14 2019 08:56AM EDT

    Updated Mar 14 2019 09:53AM EDT

    NEW JERSEY (FOX 5 NY) - Getting a paycheck for doing nothing could be in the future for residents of New Jersey's largest city.

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says the city is going to study a pilot program to provide a universal basic income, or basically guaranteeing income for all residents whether they have a job.

    He made the statement during his annual State of the City address Tuesday night at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

    The city has launched a taskforce to see if the program is feasible with help from the Economic Security Project and the Jain Institute.

    "We believe in Universal Basic Income, especially in a time where studies have shown that families that have a crisis of just $400 in a month may experience a setback that may be difficult even impossible to recover from," Baraka said.

    He noted that a third of the city still lives in poverty. He didn't release any more details on the plan, like how it would be funded or when a final decision would be made.

    There has not been a successful long-term Universal Basic Income program. A small basic-income program that was tested in Finland was ended after one year.

    Baraka was re-elected last year to a second term as mayor of the city of 280,000 residents.
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    People who work in NYC are stuck.

    You have to live in NJ or CT. F*ck living in NY.

    But everyone else should abandon ship. GTFO while you still can.
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    They should have Googled UBI failures before going forward.

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    And its going to fail miserably just like it has for everyone else that has tried it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    They should have Googled UBI failures before going forward.
    Stockton, CA.

    We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!

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    Do I need to get Danke a Newark PO Box to collect his UBI ?
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Do I need to get Danke a Newark PO Box to collect his UBI ?
    For him to collect it or for you to collect it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    For him to collect it or for you to collect it?
    He would not spend it as wisely as I so it is best for him if I invest it for him , as I have with his other ubi .
    Last edited by oyarde; 03-16-2019 at 08:41 PM.
    Do something Danke



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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    They should have Googled UBI failures before going forward.
    LOL, like that would have stopped them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    LOL, like that would have stopped them.
    It failed because it wasn't big enough, obviously. That's the reason for everything.
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    This is getting silly.
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    It started silly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Newark's mayor exploring universal basic income program

    http://www.fox5ny.com/news/newark-un...l-basic-income

    Posted Mar 14 2019 08:56AM EDT

    Updated Mar 14 2019 09:53AM EDT

    NEW JERSEY (FOX 5 NY) - Getting a paycheck for doing nothing could be in the future for residents of New Jersey's largest city.

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says the city is going to study a pilot program to provide a universal basic income, or basically guaranteeing income for all residents whether they have a job.

    He made the statement during his annual State of the City address Tuesday night at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

    The city has launched a taskforce to see if the program is feasible with help from the Economic Security Project and the Jain Institute.

    "We believe in Universal Basic Income, especially in a time where studies have shown that families that have a crisis of just $400 in a month may experience a setback that may be difficult even impossible to recover from," Baraka said.

    He noted that a third of the city still lives in poverty. He didn't release any more details on the plan, like how it would be funded or when a final decision would be made.

    There has not been a successful long-term Universal Basic Income program. A small basic-income program that was tested in Finland was ended after one year.

    Baraka was re-elected last year to a second term as mayor of the city of 280,000 residents.
    They should just let Dick Cheney take over the town, rename everybody "Halliburton", and then call them all government contractors.
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    Maybe JMDrake will want to invest his UBI with Oyarde Financial too .
    Do something Danke

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    Is Newark nice in the summer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheTexan View Post
    Is Newark nice in the summer?
    I do not think you can get Lone Star beer there .
    Do something Danke



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