Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Washington, DC considers paying ‘at risk’ people for not committing crimes

Via sauced07

 © Guadalupe Pardo

Not a parody.
 
Obeying laws may soon really pay off in Washington, DC as lawmakers reportedly mull stipends for former criminals, just like in Richmond, California. However, only those who refrain from committing a new crime would be getting a reward. 
 
On Tuesday, the DC Council unanimously voted in support of a bill that, among other measures, proposes to pay residents in order to discourage them from committing offenses, the Associated Press reported. The measure is aimed at reducing the crime rate in the capital, where homicides increased 54 percent last year.

If the proposal makes it into a law, city officials would pick 200 people a year who are considered to be at risk of either committing or becoming a victim of a violent crime.

More @ RT
Posted by at

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2016 at 6:51 PM

    I'm sure it would be a lot cheaper and safer for polite
    society to put the criminals on a boat and send them to
    an uninhabited island. Wipe the country of them.
    The American tax payer is so being screwed.

    ReplyDelete
  2. MattFebruary 3, 2016 at 8:27 PM

    I gotta say this ! "A well made hand loaded rifle bullet is about $2.19 each. ". Let's pay them ! No crime. What genius thought of this ? DC ! The crap hole of the nation. Figures

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)