Transcript · Spanish → English
Discussion on Public Assistance Misuse
I'm armed too. I'm already tired of words that today
I proved.
I've already fired a couple of clips, and today I'm going to program.
The first one who—
What happened on Walton Avenue and East Tremont in the Bronx
serves to keep talking about what we're going to call the culture of coupon
eaters. We're not talking about the poor Dominican,
the one who couldn't go to college, or the one who legitimately needs
public assistance. We're talking about a mindset,
that of someone who thinks blasting music at full volume is cool,
turns the sidewalk into a yard, forces the neighborhood to put up with his
party, and acts as if he were still in a neighborhood in the capital
where no one is going to demand respect for shared space.
It's a way of living together in which the neighbor's right to rest
and enjoying their own home takes a back seat.
And there is another dimension that deserves criticism.
When someone fraudulently obtains or exchanges public benefits
and uses those resources to sustain precisely that lifestyle
that ends up affecting their own neighbors.
It is, in a sense, using aid as a tool against the
very
community that has to endure the noise, disorder and
occupation of public space. SNAP does not allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages
and exchanging benefits for cash, alcohol
or other unauthorized items constitutes benefits trafficking.
The criticism, therefore, is not against those who need and
legally receive government assistance, but against those who
defraud the system,
celebrate the return
and then expects the neighborhood to have to put up with the
consequences simply because they are like that.
That's what we'll mean when we talk about the coupon-eater culture.
coupons.
Santo Domingo News.
I'm armed too. I'm sick of words that I proved today.
I've already fired a couple of magazines, and today I'm going to make plans. The first one that's handed out.
I've already fired a couple of magazines, and today I'm going to make plans. The first one that's handed out.
The minors.
No, no, wait, they call you Commander.
There are a couple of questions I want you to accept. Ask the people.
You're my informant. People need to lie down so they don't kill us.
Not me, turn yourself in. Go hustle people.
I'm not going to wait for a bullet to stray and kill someone. Turn yourself in.
Drop the weapon. Where the tide rises, you have to keep
calm. Turn yourself in. Go hustle people.
I'm not going to—
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Original transcript (Spanish)
Yo también estoy armao. Ya estoy harto de palabras que hoy demostré. Ya he tirado par de clip y hoy yo voy a programar. El primero que se-- Lo ocurrido en Walton Avenue y East Tremont en el Bronx
sirve para seguir hablando de lo que vamos a llamar la cultura de los come cupones. No hablamos del dominicano pobre, del que no pudo ir a la universidad ni de quien legítimamente necesita asistencia pública. Hablamos de una mentalidad, la del que cree que hacer ruido a todo volumen es bacano,
convierte la acera en patio, obliga al vecindario a soportar su fiesta y actúa como si todavía estuviera en un barrio de la capital donde nadie le va a exigir respeto por el espacio colectivo. Es una forma de convivencia en la que el derecho del vecino al descanso y a disfrutar de su propia casa queda en segundo plano.
Y hay otra dimensión que merece crítica. Cuando alguien obtiene o intercambia fraudulentamente beneficios públicos y utiliza esos recursos para sostener precisamente ese estilo de vida que termina afectando a sus propios vecinos. Es, en cierto sentido, instrumentalizar las ayudas contra la
misma comunidad que tiene que soportar el ruido, el desorden y la ocupación del espacio público. SNAP no permite comprar bebidas alcohólicas y cambiar beneficios por efectivo, alcohol u otros artículos no autorizados constituye tráfico de beneficios.
La crítica, por tanto, no es contra quien necesita y recibe legalmente una ayuda del gobierno, sino contra quien defrauda el sistema, celebra la vuelta y después pretende que el vecindario tenga que soportar las
consecuencias simplemente porque ellos son así. A eso nos referiremos cuando hablemos de la cultura de los come cupones. Santo Domingo, noticias. Yo también estoy armao. Ya estoy harto de palabras que hoy
demostré. Ya he tirado par de clip y hoy yo voy a programar. El primero que se imparte. Los menores. No, no, espera, te le dicen comandante. Son par de preguntas que yo quiero que aceptes. Que preguntes a la gente.
Tú eres mi informante. A tumbarse mi gente para que no nos maten. Yo no, entrégate. Josea a la gente. No voy a esperar que una bala se escape y que mate. Entrégate. Suelta el arma. Donde la marea sube hay que tener la calma. Entrégate. Josea a la gente.
No vo'a--
