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39. You Are Quite Welcome...

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Tue Dec 30, 2014, 07:58 PM

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This City Eliminated Poverty, And Nearly Everyone Forgot About It - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Dec 2014 OP

dont they have voting in canada? and if so belzabubba333 Dec 2014 #1

You know if minimum wages were much higher like they need to be... Kalidurga Dec 2014 #2

golly, they might actually have time to pursue other interests--art, culture, peace, for example. niyad Dec 2014 #5

Other interests like taking time to do things with their family. jwirr Dec 2014 #12

Powers negoldie Dec 2014 #26

There is nothing inherently socially valuable about labor. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #8

People like to feel useful knightmaar Dec 2014 #22

I "work" in the sense we are using the term here, about 20 hours a week. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #23

Nobody in their right mind wants to work aspirant Dec 2014 #25

+1 geardaddy Dec 2014 #28

So "Work" knightmaar Dec 2014 #33

Very interesting NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #3

Exactly. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #9

The other side aspirant Dec 2014 #16

two sides of the same coin i'd say. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #51

The main problem with poverty is the Economic state it brings Demeter Dec 2014 #29

"a leash of poverty" Boreal Dec 2014 #42

That is something that most people don't think about Marrah_G Dec 2014 #47

The trap idea is also what happens to most poor here also today. I hope that this can somehow jwirr Dec 2014 #15

Nationalized Healthcare knightmaar Dec 2014 #20

Great program! Boreal Dec 2014 #43

They could have just done what American cities are starting to do Victor_c3 Dec 2014 #4

Bravo! A further advantage to criminalizing poverty and homelessness is that it KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #10

The take the next logical step - as proposed by Jonathan Swift in 1729 csziggy Dec 2014 #34

seems like a reasonable suggestion Victor_c3 Dec 2014 #55

thank you for posting this fascinating piece. niyad Dec 2014 #6

You Are Quite Welcome !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #7

The GOP makes out that helping others doesn't work because hand-outs make people lazy. Octafish Dec 2014 #11

afriend here runs one of the local food banks. she wrote the other day that a person she had niyad Dec 2014 #14

When in fact the opposite is true. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #24

Thanks fish !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #38

I'll bet a lot would change their tune on that Boreal Dec 2014 #44

VERY cool. A great example of up-front investing in humans, which saves everyone lots of money and ancianita Dec 2014 #13

You Are Quite Welcome... WillyT Dec 2014 #39

Another benefit would be getting rid of the upper class people who get paid with tax money NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #52

Incredible underpants Dec 2014 #17

A more generous welfare system makes it more difficult to abuse workers. hunter Dec 2014 #18

Eliminated might not be the right word The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #19

What is the true purpose in life? aspirant Dec 2014 #21

Like wealth, labor demand should be allocated optimally. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #27

I think one issue would be that our environmental issues would increase The2ndWheel Dec 2014 #30

True purpose aspirant Dec 2014 #32

"Heaven on Earth, Enlightenment" Boreal Dec 2014 #45

The true purpose of life is metaphysical adaptation and procreation seveneyes Dec 2014 #36

Imagination moves the human mind to eventual cosmic reality aspirant Dec 2014 #37

Accurate post. Thespian2 Dec 2014 #59

capitalism is a loser aspirant Dec 2014 #60

"If the money didn't keep coming..." Money is a creation of the state, and used to maintain the NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #53

How odd that the conservatives buried the program and the data. truebluegreen Dec 2014 #31

The concept is getting more international interest aspirant Dec 2014 #49

Moderate wealth redistribution works. Period. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #35

Thanks! Very interesting. Made me think of a snark.... Trillo Dec 2014 #40

Anytime, Trillo !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #41

lol Boreal Dec 2014 #46

Just turned on the radio Boreal Dec 2014 #48

No matter how hard we try, we'll never compare to our fair cousins to the north. mackerel Dec 2014 #50

This cannot be true. I've never heard this on Fox News. You're making shit up. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #54

LOL !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #57

Tax um The Jungle 1 Dec 2014 #56

So income "redistribution" really works? So the rich are wrong. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #58

Which wicked rich witch is wrong? It's the wonderful "Wizard of Oz" aspirant Dec 2014 #62

Courage, a heart and a brain. So, fearlessness, compassion and wisdom. There were only 2 Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #63

Can our dreams come true with these innate tools, too? aspirant Dec 2014 #64

The ever present optimist in me says, yes. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #65

k and r...nt Stuart G Dec 2014 #61