> $2k a year without strings attached is non-trivial. Tying the money to activities that may come with direct or indirect costs may make earning the money non-r

> $2k a year without strings attached is non-trivial. Tying the money to activities that may come with direct or indirect costs may make earning the money non-rational. At the granularity of paychecks, it's less than $45 a week. That's about four hours overtime at minimum wage. Or four hours of part time work at $11/hour. Sure, but we're talking about things that most people would agree is good anyway: kids doing well in school, being healthy, etc. The goal of the CCTs isn't to make people want to do things that they vehemently disagree with: it's to shift the incentive boundary so that they're on the right side of it for things they would like to do anyway.