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The '''Prosperity Bonus''', also nicknamed '''Ralph bucks''', announced in September 2005, is the name given to a program designed to pay money back to residents of the [[Canadian]] province of [[Alberta]] as a result of a massive oil-fuelled provincial budget surplus.
Source of the place names in the city of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]].


[[Alberta Premier]] [[Ralph Klein]] announced that each person in Alberta would receive [[Canadian dollar|$]]400 sometime in January 2006. This represented $1.4 billion (20%) of the $6.8 billion surplus. The money was not taxed by either the [[Government of Canada|federal]] or [[Government of Alberta|provincial governments]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Place Name || Source
|-
| Adams Street || [[John Adams]], second president of the United States
|-
| Addison Street || [[Thomas Addison]], English doctor, discoverer of [[Addison's disease]]
|-
| [[Archer Avenue (Chicago)|Archer Avenue]] || Col. William Archer
|-
| Artesian Avenue || A productive [[artesian well]] on the corner of [[Chicago Avenue]] and [[Western Avenue (Chicago)|Western Avenue]]
|-
| Ashland Avenue || [[Ashland (Henry Clay home)|The Ashland estate]] of Kentucky statesman [[Henry Clay]]
|-
| Beach Avenue || E.A. Beach, a real estate developer
|-
| [[Belmont Avenue (Chicago)|Belmont Avenue]] || [[Battle of Belmont]]
|-
| [[Blue Island Avenue]] || Led to [[Beverly, Chicago|Blue Island]], a ridge of land that appeared to be an island to pioneers
|-
| [[Lincoln Square, Chicago#Bowmanville|Bowmanville]] || Early settler Jessie Bowman sold lots that he did not own, then fled
|-
| [[Logan Square, Chicago#Bucktown|Bucktown]] || Residents kept [[goat]]s in their yards
|-
| [[Calhoun Place]] || U.S. Vice President and South Carolina statesman, [[John C. Calhoun]]
|-
| [[Calumet River]] || Calumet means "[[peace pipe]]" in [[Illiniwek]]
|-
| [[Canaryville]] || When the Irishmen worked in the stockyards they left when it was dark and came home when it was dark,so their wives and girlfriends put canaries in cages in the trees so they could hear the birds singing on their way to work.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}
|-
| [[Cermak Road]] || Slain Chicago mayor [[Anton Cermak]] (formerly 22nd Street)
|-
| [[Chicago River]] || A [[French language|French]] rendering of the [[Miami language|Miami-Illinois]] name ''shikaakwa'', meaning [[wild leek]].<ref>Swenson, John F. “Chicagoua/Chicago: The Origin, Meaning, and Etymology of a Place Name.” ''Illinois Historical Journal'' 84.4 (Winter 1991): 235–248</ref><ref>McCafferty, Michael. ''[http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-3157.html Disc: "Chicago" Etymology]''. [http://linguistlist.org/ LINGUIST list] posting, Dec. 21, 2001</ref><ref>McCafferty, Michael. ''[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3945/is_200307/ai_n9266765 A Fresh Look at the Place Name Chicago]''. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 95.2 (Summer 2003)</ref>
|-
| [[Clark Street (Chicago)|Clark Street]] || [[George Rogers Clark]]
|-
| Clinton Street || [[DeWitt Clinton]]
|-
| Clybourn Avenue || Archibald Clybourn, the first policeman of Chicago
|-
| Congress Parkway || [[U.S. Congress]], notable because formerly Tyler Street after the tenth [[President of the United States]] but changed by the Chicago city council due to his unpopularity during the [[American Civil War]]
|-
| Constance Avenue || [[Konstanz]], Germany
|-
| Cook County || The county in which Chicago is situated was named after [[Daniel Pope Cook]], who served as the second U.S. Representative from Illinois and the first Attorney General of the State of Illinois
|-
| Cottage Grove Avenue || A little cottage in a charming grove. <ref>http://www.gapersblock.com/airbags/archives/charles_cleaver_and_the_cottage_in_the_grove/</ref>
|-
| Damen Avenue || Father Arnold Damen, founder of [[St. Ignatius College Preparatory School]]
|-
| Dearborn Street || named for [[Fort Dearborn]] which was built on the present day site of Chicago, which in turn was named for General [Henry Dearborn], [American Revolutionary War] veteran and [Secretary of War] under [Thomas Jefferson].
|-
| [[DeKoven Street (Chicago)|DeKoven Street]] || John DeKoven (founder of [[Northern Trust]])
|-
| [[Devon Avenue (Chicago)|Devon Avenue]] || [[Devon]]shire, [[England]] by John Lewis Cochran
|-
| [[Diversey Parkway (Chicago)|Diversey Parkway]] || Beer brewer [[Michael Diversey]]
|-
| [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]] || [[Englewood, New Jersey]]
|-
| Fillmore Avenue || [[Millard Fillmore]], thirteenth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| [[Fuller Park, Chicago|Fuller Park]] || [[Melville Fuller]], Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
|-
| Fulton Street || [[Robert Fulton]]
|-
| Franklin Ave || [[Benjamin Franklin]]
|-
| Garfield Park || The centerpiece of a three park and interlinking boulevard system, the 185-acre park (formerly Central Park)
was renamed to honor [[President James A. Garfield]] after his assassination in 1881. Garfield Boulevard and the [[Garfield Park Conservatory]] are also named for him.
|-
| George Street || Settler Sam George sighted the last [[Ursus americanus|bear]] in Chicago at the corner of Adams and LaSalle Streets in [[1834]]. The bear was promptly killed by another settler, John Sweeney.
|-
| Gladys Avenue || Gladys Gunderson, a member of the Norwegian-American family that formed a successful 19th-century Chicago real estate firm, S.T. Gunderson & Sons. Gladys Park is also named for her. Another city street, Langley Avenue, and city park is named for another relative, Esther Gunderson Langley.[http://fultonflats.com/uploads/History_of_East_Garfield_Park.pdf]
|-
| [[Halsted Street]] || [[William Butler Ogden|William Ogden]] named it for William and Caleb Halsted, brothers from New York who developed parts of the [[Loop (Chicago)|Loop]]
|-
| Harrison Avenue || [[William Henry Harrison]], ninth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| [[Hegewisch]] || [[Adolph Hegewisch]], who laid out the town of Hegewisch which is now part of the 10th Ward of Chicago
|-
| Hirsch Street || The street and a high school were named for [[Emil Gustav Hirsch]], a rabbi and rabbinical scholar. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hirsch-E.html].
|-
| Howard Street || Howard Uhr, who donated the Howard Street right-of-way to Chicago
|-
| [[Hubbard Street]] || [[Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard]], who arrived in Chicago in [[1818]]
|-
| [[Humboldt Park]] || The park and a boulevard are named for [[Alexander von Humboldt]], a German naturalist and explorer
|-
| Jackson Avenue || [[Andrew Jackson]], seventh [[President of the United States]]
|-
| Jefferson Street || [[Thomas Jefferson]], third [[President of the United States]]
|-
| Kewanee Avenue || A [[Lek (mating arena)|lek]] for [[Tympanuchus cupido|Prairie chickens]] called "Kewanee" in the [[Winnebago]] language was located there
|-
| King Drive || [[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. Formerly South Park Drive, the first street in the nation to be named for King after his assassination
|-
| Kinzie Street || [[John Kinzie]], who settled near the river in [[1804]]
|-
| [[Lake Shore Drive]] || A freeway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of [[Lake Michigan]]. The downtown portion opened as [Leif Ericson] Drive in 1937 and was also called Field Boulevard but in 1946 was renamed [[Lake Shore Drive]]
|-
|- Langley Avenue || See above entry for Gladys Avenue
|-
| LaSalle Street || [[Sieur de La Salle]], an early explorer of Illinois
|-
| [[Lincoln Avenue (Chicago)|Lincoln Avenue]] || [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[sixteenth President of the United States]]. This is one of the few diagonal streets in Chicago. Prior to Lincoln's assassination the street was known as Little Fort Road as it led to the town of Little Fort, now [[Waukegan, Illinois]]
|-
| [[Logan Square, Chicago|Logan Square]] || Gen. [[John A. Logan]]
|-
| [[Loomis Boulevard]] || [[Horatio G. Loomis]], one of the organizers of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1848
|-
| Madison Street || [[James Madison]], fourth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| [[Maxwell Street]] || Dr. Philip Maxwell, one of Chicago's first surgeons
|-
| [[Chicago Midway International Airport|Midway Airport]] || [[Battle of Midway]]
|-
| Monroe Street || [[James Monroe]], fifth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| Ogden Avenue || [[William Butler Ogden]], first [[mayor of Chicago]]
|-
| O'Hare Airport || [[Edward "Butch" O'Hare]], World War II flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient
|-
| Pershing Road || [[John J. Pershing]] (formerly 39th Street)
|-
| [[Pilsen, Chicago|Pilsen]] || [[Plzeň]], a city in the [[Czech Republic]]
|-
| Polk Avenue || [[James K. Polk]], eleventh [[President of the United States]]
|-
| [[Pulaski Road (Chicago)|Pulaski Road]] || [[Casimir Pulaski]]
|-
| Quincy Street || [John Quincy Adams], sixth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| Randolph Street || named for [[Randolph County, Illinois]] as was part of the original plot of Chicago.
|-
| Ridge Boulevard/Avenue || Runs along a ridge formed by [[Lake Michigan]]
|-
| [[Rogers Park, Chicago|Rogers Park]] || Pioneer settler Philip Rogers
|-
| [[Roosevelt Road]] || President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (formerly 12th Street)
|-
| [[Rush Street (Chicago)|Rush Street]] || Named for [[Dr. Benjamin Rush]], a signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]], Rush Street dates back to the 1830s incorporation of Chicago.
|-
| St. Louis Avenue || The street and St. Louis Park are named after [[King Louis IX of France]]
|-
| [[Forest Glen, Chicago#Sauganash|Sauganash]], and Caldwell Ave. || Half-[[Potawatomi]] Chief [[Sauganash]], or Billy Caldwell
|-
| Sheffield Avenue || Subdivider Joseph Sheffield
|-
| [[Sheridan Road]] || [[Philip Henry Sheridan]], Civil War general
|-
| Southport Avenue || Led to [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Wisconsin]], which was formerly named Southport
|-
| [[State Street]] || Originally State Road, its intersection with [[Madison Street]] marks the base point for Chicago's address system
|-
| [[Streeterville]] || [[George Streeter|George "Cap" Streeter]]
|-
| [[Stony Island Avenue]] || Leads to [[Calumet Heights, Chicago|Stony Island]], a ridge of land that appeared to be an island to pioneers
|-
| Taylor Street || [[Zachary Taylor]], twelfth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| [[Touhy Avenue]] || Local subdivider who is the son in law of Philip Rogers. <ref>http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/nameChanges/start.pdf</ref>
|-
| Van Buren Avenue || [[Martin Van Buren]], eighth [[President of the United States]]
|-
| Vincennes Avenue || Led to [[Fort Vincennes]], [[Indiana]]
|-
| Wabash Avenue || [[Wabash Railroad]]
|-
| [[Wacker Drive]] || [[Charles H. Wacker]], chairman of the [[Chicago Plan Commission]], who pushed the idea of a double decked roadway along the [[Chicago River]].
|-
| Warren Boulevard || General [[Joseph Warren]], American Revolutionary war patriot and doctor.
|-
| Washington Avenue || [[George Washington]], first President of the [[United States]]
|-
| Wells Street || [[William Wells soldier]]
|-
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==References==
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All Albertans who were residents of the province as of [[September 1]] and filed a 2004 [[tax return]] with the [[Canada Revenue Agency]] received the bonus, except for [[prison]]ers, who did not qualify. Cheques for Albertans under 18 years of age were payable only to their primary caregiver (the mother in most cases), thus leaving parents to determine how their children's share was to be distributed or used. Homeless Albertans also qualified—the government pledged to work with inner-city agencies to ensure that the homeless receive their money. Other questions were unanswered. For example, it was unknown how [[spousal abuse|spouses fleeing abusive relationships]] would receive their bonus if they were housed in a shelter.
[[Category:Lists of United States placename etymology|Chicago, Illinois, place names in, etymologies of]]

[[Category:Lists of place names]]
Klein said more prosperity bonuses might follow if oil prices remained high but none were issued before he left office.
[[Category:History of Chicago, Illinois]]

[[Category:Streets in Chicago]]
==Criticisms==
[[Category:Chicago-related lists]]

The program generated controversy both inside and outside Alberta. Although few Albertans turned down their cheques, some residents criticized what they saw as a pointless giveaway, and preferred to see the excess money put toward long-term benefits such as [[tax cut]]s or the abolition of [[health care]] premiums.

Outside Alberta, some believed that the program would generate [[Anti-Alberta sentiment|resentment]] from Canadians who saw cheques delivered to every Albertan.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

Ralphbucks also made it into national media after a handful of non-Albertans came forward to admit they had received Ralphbucks cheques to which they were not entitled to, prompting criticism from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

==Charity==

In a web poll by CTV Calgary, 5% of respondents said they would donate their prosperity bonus to charity.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/index.cfm?page=1270#2 (Government of Alberta page on Prosperity Bonus)]
* [http://www.sharetheprosperity.ca/prosperity/website.nsf/home.html share the prosperity]
* [http://bob.phangureh.com/news Ralphbucks inadvertently awarded to non-Albertans]

{{Alberta politics}}

[[Category:Politics of Alberta]]

Revision as of 04:32, 13 October 2008

The Prosperity Bonus, also nicknamed Ralph bucks, announced in September 2005, is the name given to a program designed to pay money back to residents of the Canadian province of Alberta as a result of a massive oil-fuelled provincial budget surplus.

Alberta Premier Ralph Klein announced that each person in Alberta would receive $400 sometime in January 2006. This represented $1.4 billion (20%) of the $6.8 billion surplus. The money was not taxed by either the federal or provincial governments.

All Albertans who were residents of the province as of September 1 and filed a 2004 tax return with the Canada Revenue Agency received the bonus, except for prisoners, who did not qualify. Cheques for Albertans under 18 years of age were payable only to their primary caregiver (the mother in most cases), thus leaving parents to determine how their children's share was to be distributed or used. Homeless Albertans also qualified—the government pledged to work with inner-city agencies to ensure that the homeless receive their money. Other questions were unanswered. For example, it was unknown how spouses fleeing abusive relationships would receive their bonus if they were housed in a shelter.

Klein said more prosperity bonuses might follow if oil prices remained high but none were issued before he left office.

Criticisms

The program generated controversy both inside and outside Alberta. Although few Albertans turned down their cheques, some residents criticized what they saw as a pointless giveaway, and preferred to see the excess money put toward long-term benefits such as tax cuts or the abolition of health care premiums.

Outside Alberta, some believed that the program would generate resentment from Canadians who saw cheques delivered to every Albertan.[citation needed]

Ralphbucks also made it into national media after a handful of non-Albertans came forward to admit they had received Ralphbucks cheques to which they were not entitled to, prompting criticism from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Charity

In a web poll by CTV Calgary, 5% of respondents said they would donate their prosperity bonus to charity.[citation needed]

External links

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