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Sacramento to pay gang members not to kill people
Posted on 9/1/17 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 9/1/17 at 1:58 pm
No, this is not an onion piece.
LINK /
You’re probably thinking this is a satirical report from The Onion.
We thought so, too.
But be assured it’s very real, as reported by Fox 40 Sacramento:
After a violent weekend of suspected gang-related shootings, Tuesday the Sacramento City Council took action to reduce the bloodshed.
It approved a controversial program called Advance Peace, which offers cash stipends to gang members who remain peaceful.
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“Let’s get going on doing everything we can to save innocent lives,” Steinberg said.
The program targets key gang agitators, offering them cash stipends to graduate school and remain peaceful. It already claims success in dropping crime rates in Richmond. But the city would still have to pay half the cost of the program, $1.5 million out of the city’s general fund.
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In the end, the council agreed to the program, voting 9-0 in favor.
Because policies of appeasement have worked so very well throughout history, why not give it another try?
Take money from peaceful tax paying citizens and redistribute that money to the gang bangers who are killing them.
Sounds like a brilliant idea that could only manifest itself on the progressively tolerant left coast.
Maybe we should kick this up to the Federal level and see if we can get taxpayer funds to send to the Islamic State and North Korea… that should work like a charm.
LINK /
You’re probably thinking this is a satirical report from The Onion.
We thought so, too.
But be assured it’s very real, as reported by Fox 40 Sacramento:
After a violent weekend of suspected gang-related shootings, Tuesday the Sacramento City Council took action to reduce the bloodshed.
It approved a controversial program called Advance Peace, which offers cash stipends to gang members who remain peaceful.
…
“Let’s get going on doing everything we can to save innocent lives,” Steinberg said.
The program targets key gang agitators, offering them cash stipends to graduate school and remain peaceful. It already claims success in dropping crime rates in Richmond. But the city would still have to pay half the cost of the program, $1.5 million out of the city’s general fund.
…
In the end, the council agreed to the program, voting 9-0 in favor.
Because policies of appeasement have worked so very well throughout history, why not give it another try?
Take money from peaceful tax paying citizens and redistribute that money to the gang bangers who are killing them.
Sounds like a brilliant idea that could only manifest itself on the progressively tolerant left coast.
Maybe we should kick this up to the Federal level and see if we can get taxpayer funds to send to the Islamic State and North Korea… that should work like a charm.
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Posted on 9/1/17 at 1:59 pm to notsince98
Where do I sign up for my stipend?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:01 pm to notsince98
I thought welfare was supposed to cover this?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:02 pm to notsince98
It's times like this that I'm glad that our country is built to have a bottom-up approach.
Let some local municipality experiment with their own money however they wish. When we see it fail, we'll be that much less tempted to repeat their mistake on a national level.
Let some local municipality experiment with their own money however they wish. When we see it fail, we'll be that much less tempted to repeat their mistake on a national level.
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:02 pm to TrueTiger
quote:
I thought welfare was supposed to cover this?
Just like every problem in this country....the answer is throw more money at it.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:03 pm to notsince98
It sounds dumb, but hey maybe it'll work.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:06 pm to notsince98
It started last year in California.
A gang member receives $1,300 a month not to kill.
(But since most gang violence goes unsolved) I don't know how they can validate the non-kill provision.
I guess if you get arrested, convicted and sent to Prison...only then do you lose your stipend.
A gang member receives $1,300 a month not to kill.
(But since most gang violence goes unsolved) I don't know how they can validate the non-kill provision.
I guess if you get arrested, convicted and sent to Prison...only then do you lose your stipend.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:06 pm to notsince98
What do you say to other hard working criminals out here working for free? Equal pay for equal work
This post was edited on 9/1/17 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:10 pm to Jcorye1
quote:
It sounds dumb, but hey maybe it'll work.
It won't.
If they're willing to rob someone for $300 and you just give them $300, they're still willing to rob someone. Because then they'll have $600.
I saw something on TV the other day where the guy that invented IQ tests wanted to use them to determine who should be sterilized. His idea seems like a better use of resources than what Sacramento is doing.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:10 pm to notsince98
It's ridiculous all around but even in this craziness, why wouldn't they pay for people to quit gangs instead of just stopping the gang violence? Seems to me that they are wanting to pay alcoholics not to drink while at a bar.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:13 pm to notsince98
Can cali just gtfo our country already
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:15 pm to notsince98
lets form a gang and get paid the chedder!
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:16 pm to notsince98
Why just gang members? Shouldn't anyone in the greater sacramento area who hasn't murdered in 30 days be eligible for the same stipend?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:16 pm to notsince98
why don't they just kill the gang members?
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:17 pm to LetsgoGamecocks
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lets form a gang and get paid the chedder!
People respond to incentives. You've just accurately portrayed what the policy actually incentivizes vs what the people implementing think it incentivizes.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:18 pm to notsince98
Was it Sacramento that thought giving lodging and an income to homeless people would solve their transient population problem? Of course, they were flooded by homeless from other cities who wanted to be taken care of, too, so they abandoned the program
Yeah, paying criminals not to commit crimes will work as well. They should pay people not to have children. Now that would benefit society.
Yeah, paying criminals not to commit crimes will work as well. They should pay people not to have children. Now that would benefit society.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:19 pm to RightHook
And to think that I've been not killing people for free all this time
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:34 pm to notsince98
Once a gang member signs an affidavit stating they will agree not to kill anyone and remain peaceful in exchange for X amount of money then they should immediately be arrested for extortion.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:38 pm to shinerfan
ya, incentives should work both ways. lulz.
Posted on 9/1/17 at 2:53 pm to TrueTiger
quote:
I thought welfare was supposed to cover this?
You haven't even killed anybody yet. You don't deserve it.
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