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Multi Sport said:
Wait... did you just drop a "lame-o"? Lol!!!!!!!

Props for doing that old man!!!!!!
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No I didn’t. The phrase was lame-o Multi.
Do you hang out with people who still say “props,” really? I don’t believe it.
 
messy said:
No I didn’t. The phrase was lame-o Multi.
Do you hang out with people who still say “props,” really? I don’t believe it.
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Sometimes I feel so bad for picking on you. You're just such an easy mark dude and I'm sorry if I've made you cry.... As I sit here with my dog I can't help but feel like you need a hug or something. So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. . .

I'll give you one more. Hey Messy... props for making me laugh so hard! There, hope you feel better now...
 
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How did that Universal Basic Income test work out?

JAZZ SHAW Posted at 4:01 pm on October 05, 2019

Last year we found out that the mayor of Stockton, California was launching a test program to see how a universal basic income program might work out. Michael Tubbs had arranged for a combination of public and private funding to allow a relatively small number of people to sign up for a monthly check with no strings attached. (In a curious turn of events they wound up having trouble attracting enough people to the test program because most people who received letters about it assumed it was a scam.) Tubbs did eventually get the program off the ground, however, and it’s been running for roughly a year.

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So how did it work out? If you listen to the program’s supporters, not too badly. Most people claimed to be using the money for basic bills, food and necessities. Or at least that’s what they’re telling the people conducting the survey. (Fortune)

The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things like food, clothing and utility bills.

The 18-month, privately funded program started in February and involves 125 people in Stockton. It is one of the few experiments testing the concept of “universal basic income,” an old idea getting new attention from Democrats seeking the 2020 presidential nomination.

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs has committed to publicly releasing data throughout the experiment to win over skeptics and, he hopes, convince state lawmakers to implement the program statewide.

This doesn’t seem to be a question as to whether or not people enrolled in the program like it or not. Who’s not going to like having extra money every month that they’re not used to seeing? The real question mark hanging over this “data” they’re releasing is how accurate or valuable it is.







The money was distributed on debit cards in the amount of 500 dollars per month. The first red flag is the fact that nearly half (40%) of the money was withdrawn as cash at ATMs, so you have nothing to go on but anecdotal data as to where it went. Of the money that was spent directly using the card, nearly half went for food, with smaller percentages going to nearly everything from utility bills to “self-care and recreation.”

One of the concerns expressed by critics when this started was that people might be using the money for alcohol, illegal drugs or other self-defeating expenses, so supporters are pointing to this data as a sign of success. But let’s hold our horses for a minute here. If 40% went out of ATMs as cash and people were actually using it for booze and drugs, do you think they’d tell you that when you call?







Also, nearly everyone in the program had some other form of income they had previously relied on, in the form of either full or part-time jobs or public assistance. They still had that money coming in after the program started. So if they use the $500 to pay bills or rent, that just frees up $500 from their normal income and nobody is tracking what happens to that money.

In other words, this data is essentially useless. What you’ve managed to prove is that people like getting free money from the government. I could have told you that before the program even began and saved you a lot of effort.
 
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Ain’t Ca great?


California, New Jersey well represented on list of ‘miserable’ US cities
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News
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'The Story' investigates California's homeless crisis
On the ground with HUD Secretary Ben Carson amid California's homeless crisis.

Want to be miserable? Just three states offer an array of places you may like.

Business Insider recently released its list of the 50 most miserable cities in America – with cities in California (10), New Jersey (9), and Florida (6), accounting for half the list.

In compiling its rankings, Business Insider said it used U.S. Census information to analyze 1,000 U.S. cities on metrics such as crime, drug addiction, population changes, job opportunities, commute times, household incomes, abandoned homes and effects from problems such as natural disasters.

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It decided that Gary, Ind., just outside Chicago, was the nation’s most miserable city, followed by Port Arthur, Texas, and Detroit.

What the most miserable cities had in common, according to the outlet, were “few opportunities, devastation from natural disasters, high crime and addiction rates, and often many abandoned houses.”

FORMER MAYOR CORY BOOKER SHARES IN BLAME FOR NEWARK, NJ'S WATER CRISIS, CRITICS SAY: 'HE LEFT A MESS'

The data appear to support President Trump’s recent criticisms of California. Last month, the president charged that urban areas in the Golden State continue to “destroy themselves”by failing to address serious issues such as homelessness.

The 10 California cities and their rankings were: Bell Gardens (14); Compton (41); El Monte (22); Hemet (44); Huntington Park (10); Lancaster (50); Lynwood (21); Montebello (40); Palmdale; and San Bernardino (42).

The nine New Jersey cities and their rankings were: Camden (8); Newark (5); New Brunswick (11); Passaic (4); Paterson (19); Plainfield (30); Trenton (17); Union City (15); and West New York (29).

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The six Florida cities and their rankings were: Fort Pierce (34); Hialeah (13); Miami Gardens (28); North Miami (25); North Miami Beach (33); Hallandale Beach (37).
 
Can anybody figure out Trump's impeachment inquiry defense? Did it change this weekend?
Is it like "I did not have sexual relations with that woman"?
 
Sheriff Joe said:
Ain’t Ca great?


California, New Jersey well represented on list of ‘miserable’ US cities
By Dom Calicchio | Fox News
Video
'The Story' investigates California's homeless crisis
On the ground with HUD Secretary Ben Carson amid California's homeless crisis.

Want to be miserable? Just three states offer an array of places you may like.

Business Insider recently released its list of the 50 most miserable cities in America – with cities in California (10), New Jersey (9), and Florida (6), accounting for half the list.

In compiling its rankings, Business Insider said it used U.S. Census information to analyze 1,000 U.S. cities on metrics such as crime, drug addiction, population changes, job opportunities, commute times, household incomes, abandoned homes and effects from problems such as natural disasters.

LA CITY OFFICIALS PRESSURING NEWSOM TO DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY AMID HOMELESS CRISIS

It decided that Gary, Ind., just outside Chicago, was the nation’s most miserable city, followed by Port Arthur, Texas, and Detroit.

What the most miserable cities had in common, according to the outlet, were “few opportunities, devastation from natural disasters, high crime and addiction rates, and often many abandoned houses.”

FORMER MAYOR CORY BOOKER SHARES IN BLAME FOR NEWARK, NJ'S WATER CRISIS, CRITICS SAY: 'HE LEFT A MESS'

The data appear to support President Trump’s recent criticisms of California. Last month, the president charged that urban areas in the Golden State continue to “destroy themselves”by failing to address serious issues such as homelessness.

The 10 California cities and their rankings were: Bell Gardens (14); Compton (41); El Monte (22); Hemet (44); Huntington Park (10); Lancaster (50); Lynwood (21); Montebello (40); Palmdale; and San Bernardino (42).

The nine New Jersey cities and their rankings were: Camden (8); Newark (5); New Brunswick (11); Passaic (4); Paterson (19); Plainfield (30); Trenton (17); Union City (15); and West New York (29).

Video
CLICK HERE FOR THE ALL-NEW FOXBUSINESS.COM

The six Florida cities and their rankings were: Fort Pierce (34); Hialeah (13); Miami Gardens (28); North Miami (25); North Miami Beach (33); Hallandale Beach (37).
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Messy must be in tears over this... maybe if they steal more money from the gasoline tax to build a high speed rail to Bakersfield CA will be viewed more favorably.
 
messy said:
Nobody says props for 20 years. Period. Lame-o Multi just learned it.
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Just another one of the cool kids... don't worry Messy. You can be the guy who acts cool but everyone knows is an idiot.
"There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness."

Kaskade
 
Multi Sport said:
Just another one of the cool kids... don't worry Messy. You can be the guy who acts cool but everyone knows is an idiot.
"There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness."

Kaskade
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I guess maybe 50 year olds (he must be about that) still use that term...
 
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