NYC pays poor people for good conduct
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
NEW YORK -- An experimental anti-poverty program that pays the poor for maintaining good habits -- $25 to $150 for things such as going to the dentist, staying on the job or opening a bank account -- has not exactly been life-changing.
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