Boston’s Fox 25 reports that state officials in Massachusetts cannot confirm the location of 19,000 welfare recipients, which could be costing the taxpayers of Massachusetts roughly $7.6 million every month.
Who cares. This is the state where Mitt gave everyone free healthcare and Deval gave everyone free cars with insurance and a warranty. They also have always had the worst gun laws in the country and elected a confirmed woman killer to numerous terms as Senator. So it goes.
Quote: W-Girl wrote in post #3I was born, raised and educated in MA but escaped to Florida before paying any taxes to the State, so let me offer a solution for old times sake !!
The problem - $7.6 million DIRECT DEPOSITED into accounts each month for welfare recipients the State can't locate.
OK, ready ?? Are you ready ?? Here comes my "brilliant" idea .....
STOP THE PAYMENTS !!
Make the recipients re-register for their bennies and make them prove they are still eligible for the aid.
I know real brilliant advice .....taking a big bow ....thank you thank you !!
I am so smart (MA educated) ....but all the "common sense" comes from FL !!
Please don't tell me you have a "Southy" accent. I imagine you with a standard American accent.
BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Governor Deval Patrick is downplaying the Department of Transitional Assistance admission that it could not locate 19,000 people who have either been receiving welfare benefits or have applied for them, saying the number represents a "broader class of people than those who are actually on the rolls today."
>>Wrong addresses found for welfare recipients: Rep. Shaunna O'Connell reacts At a news conference, the Governor kept referring to the number of people whose addresses could not be located as just "four percent" of the mailings.
This was discovered after nearly half a million letters were sent out to settle a lawsuit filed against Massachusetts last year in part by the liberal think tank, "Demos."
The Department of Transitional Assistance says 19,000 letters came back, marked "Return to Sender."
A spokesman for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services says 11,262 people were either already off the rolls or had never been approved for benefits. It also says 7,738 were returned with forwarding addresses. Still, Governor Patrick says people should continue to have confidence in the state's ability to oversee welfare benefits.
Fox 25's Political Reporter Sharman Sacchetti asked the Governor about it.
Sacchetti: Why should taxpayers have any confidence that the state can effectively oversee this system when we apparently can't even locate 19-thousand people?