DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes

[VMI77]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 2-13-17-17

I promise not to commit any crimes....where's my check?

The D.C. Council is voting on a bill Tuesday that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It's based on a program in Richmond, California, that advocates say has contributed to deep reductions in crime there.

[MWilliams66]

"Behavioral Therapy"

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[Soccerdad1995]

Are government officials eligible?

Hillary seems like a prime candidate given her repeat offenses.

[Jusme]

Where's my check?? I haven't committed any crimes! This is just another case of discrimination against the already law abiding!! I could be at risk of committing a crime at any second! I WANT MY MONEY!!!

I would be very leery of any idea coming from Commifornia!

[VMI77]

Are government officials eligible?

Hillary seems like a prime candidate given her repeat offenses.

Not if they maintain the requirement to cease criminal activity as part of the program. Also not sure about Hitlery because the article says the program applies to criminals who haven't been caught yet. Hitlery is in the grey area of known criminals who haven't been prosecuted.

[parabelum]

Just when you think the country has reached the insanity floor...

[longhorn86]

Gooberment would owe us fine folk a ton of back pay for this!

[Jago668]

Sweet, money to buy more guns and ammo with.

[JALLEN]

They pay farmers not to grow corn.

Now, with the ethanol subsidy, these idiots are probably paying farmers to grow corn and not to grow corn, out of separate agencies.

[HKMike]

Up to $9,000/year sounds like a great part time job opportunity for a little extra income. (To offset the increases in healthcare costs I'm currently enjoying)

[The Annoyed Man]

Are government officials eligible?

Hillary seems like a prime candidate given her repeat offenses.

They are ALREADY being paid a stipend not to commit crimes. It's not working.....

[striker55]

Are you kidding me, I'm retired and living on social security, no cost of living raise this year.

[joe817]

Are you kidding me, I'm retired and living on social security, no cost of living raise this year.

Same here. Now we know where our COL increase went!

[jed]

It is unbelievable that there are so many elected people who think stupid ideas like this will work. Even more unbelievable is the number of voters who put these people in office.

The handle of the socialism toilet has been pulled, we are just swirling around going down with the flow.

[Pawpaw]

I figure they owe me over 62 years of back pay!