The Driver
Detailers Workshop
DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes - WTOP
Who's paying these people, tax payers? Yes, who else!
Go be a criminal, will pay you for it!
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DC bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes - WTOP
Who's paying these people, tax payers? Yes, who else!
The Driver
Detailers Workshop
The fact is... we are paying the very people that rob us, not to rob us... I think it's called extortion.
How about be a good citizen and don't commit crimes. Much easier solution, then again I'm not a liberal so my answer might not make sense.
Lol. If only it was as easy as to tell everyone to not be a criminal.
bigfish528
New member
I guess to them it beats working for a living. To get paid for not doing something you should not do in the 1st place makes you wonder.
jrock645
New member
Ill never understand this new wave of liberal thinking. So people are going to be rewarded for not robbing banks and stuff? smh...
Swanicyouth
New member
Mandatory labor camps and chain gangs are the answer.
The government needs to learn to to turn prisoners into profit. Make them perform public works.
This is just another step towards the socialist welfare state we have been heading towards for the past 80 years. Not only do I see this latest rip off of my tax dollars as unconstitutional - but it's immoral as well.
The government needs to learn to to turn prisoners into profit. Make them perform public works.
This is just another step towards the socialist welfare state we have been heading towards for the past 80 years. Not only do I see this latest rip off of my tax dollars as unconstitutional - but it's immoral as well.
rlmccarty2000
Active member
Not that I'm in favor of paying people not to do bad things, but we have turned jails into big business. It varies state by state but taxpayers pay big bucks to keep people in jail. We need to stop locking people up for marijuana related crimes and start taxing it and making money like good drug dealers should. Of course we have to cut the pharmaceutical companies in on the profits to make sure we are getting the high grade stuff the police have been locking away for years! We have to find smarter people to put in charge so we can make money off criminals instead of hurting taxpayers even more than we do by incarcerating such a large portion of our country. I believe the US has a larger portion of its population in jail than any other country. But who is keeping score? We're number one!
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
And if you don't make the list of elect 200 this year, commit a few higher profile crimes so that you get noticed next year. Go figure.
Bunky
Detailing Gnosis
Maybe it should be like that car commercial ad where they reward you for being a good driver.
I am not sure it is a good idea though I would think the penalties for committing a crime would be enough motivation.
I am not sure it is a good idea though I would think the penalties for committing a crime would be enough motivation.
jrock645
New member
Society is crazy. All my employees want incentives to do tsks i ask them to do. I tell them there is one... A paycheck. They dont like that answer.
trashmanssd
New member
Wow, didn't the FBI spend most the 20 century trying to stop a group of people like this. People who you paid off so that bad thinks wouldn't happen to you or your business.
I like the sentiment, but the reality is that the financial costs and risks associated with Prisoners working outside of the penitentiary are too high to make it work.
I believe that forcing individuals to take responsibility for their offspring could have a much greater impact.
If you need financial assistance, because you are not receiving it from the father (lowercase f) of your children; you must identify the father, so paternity can be established.
Hopefully, these fathers who now have a financial responsibility will take the opportunity to play a role in the development of their children.
Unfortunately, the legalization of Weed will further undermine the economy of the poor people who have traditionally supplied this drug. Billions of dollars will be removed from the pockets of the poor as a result. I suppose the Progressives have a solution for that as well.
Accumulator
Well-known member
I agree. The incarceration rate in this country is a [freakin'] disgrace and far too many are locked up for the wrong reasons.
Sorta-random thoughts (on a very difficult issue) follow, all just IMO of course:
-When people give up hope then all bets are off with regard to their decision making
-Believing that "the system is rigged" can lead to people giving up hope
-Potential punishment is not an effective deterrent to most crime if only because people assume they won't get caught, and/or assign the probability to random chance and thus give up responsibility, and/or think the payoff is worth the risk
-I don't believe that the typical street criminal (is there such a thing?) does a cost/benefit analysis and deliberately works to qualify for the good behavior payout
-Prohibition didn't work with alcohol and we failed to learn from that; one of the huge downsides of it was that society in general decided that it was OK to violate the law and quickly discovered that such laws are selectively enforced anyhow (gets back to that belief that "the system is rigged")
-When a large segment of the population decides that "laws aren't always right" the whole general idea of "shouldn't violate the law" goes out the window
-The average person can recognize hypocrisy, probably even assumes it these days
-The glorification of the Criminal is bad for society, and that includes the general "ooh, bad guys are cool" attitude (The Godfather, anyone?)
Gee, if I didn't know better I might think that the above makes me a Liberal!