Tragically, I was wrong.
Perpetually confused New York Mayor Eric Adams has championed a potentially $53 million pilot program with Mobility Capital Finance to distribute debit cards to illegal immigrants (but it sounds so much better if you call them “migrants”) who are in his “sanctuary city.” The program, yet another zenith for The Great Stupid, kicked off yesterday with 10 families getting the cards; the program will soon expand to 115 families. Families of four will have $350 each week to spend using on their cards on groceries, diapers, drugs, baby formula and other essentials at local businesses. That comes out to roughly $1,440 per month. The cards will go to the families who have received a 28-day voucher to stay at a designated group of hotels. If the program is successful, it will expand to 500 families, with the program’s costs rising to as much as $53 million.
“There is no free money. These are not ATM cards. You can’t take cash out,” Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy said at the news conference.
Oh. Then the program makes perfect sense then.
Politico writes, “They’ve invited the condemnation by right-wing news media as simply another benefit for people who entered the country illegally.” Conservatives pounce. Tell me, PLEASE, what else would you call this but a benefit for people who entered the country illegally?
Someone? Anyone? “Buhler?“
Today the mayor was asked if the debit cards send a “mixed message” to illegals (the questioner said “migrants,” of course). What a stupid question! It’s the clearest of messages: come here illegally and you’ll get free stuff. Oh, though you better not kill or rape anyone…the Gringos don’t like that, for some reason.
The New York Times and other mainstream media outlets have barely covered this story—three guesses why. The last Times mention was in this hilariously headlined piece: Why New York’s Plan to Give Migrants Debit Cards Came Under Fire.
Hmmm, I wonder why? It’s a mystery. Those crazy, cruel conservatives don’t like anything.
Ethics Alarms 
I wonder how much of that money came from the feds. There is no telling how ignorant of economics and psychology the leadership can be. The only other alternative is that they are doing this to be evil.
Why can’t it be both?
All of this aid to illegals increases total demand for goods and services without a corresponding increase in production and that means inflationary pressures. We are all paying indirectly through higher prices and credit costs to support this invasion. When will the federal reserve tell governments to stop spending
In another report on this program, the $53 million is just the fees that NYC will pay to Mobility Capital for providing and servicing the cards. The 500 families is the full pilot program. It was stated that the program can be expanded to all illegal alien families to a maximum of $2.5 billion/year.
The cards are a standard debit card that can be used anywhere for anything you can buy with a debit card. It isn’t like SNAP that is restricted to food.