red states rule
05-30-2013, 03:45 AM
Why would anyone be surprised? MA gave welfare handouts to terrorists who murdered US citizens including a small child
Yet this is the dream of every liberal. A big, expensive, and compassionate government that "cares"
This is only one state out of 50. I wonder how much taxpayer money is wasted in the other 49 AND at the Federal level?
An audit of the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) issued Tuesday revealed millions of dollars in “questionable benefits (http://www.mass.gov/auditor/news-and-updates/press-releases-2013/dta-needs-to-strengthen-efforts-to-protect-resources.html),” including millions paid out to dead people.
According to Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump, the audit identified 1,164 cases in which welfare recipients continued to receive benefits from six to 27 months after they had died. These dead individuals received $2.39 million in total.
In most of the cases the auditors sampled, deceased individuals’ Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards was discovered to still be in use — thus leading to the assumption that people other than the intended recipients were using the benefits.
Additionally, the audit revealed that DTA paid out at least $368,000 in benefits to 178 guardians who were claiming dead individuals as dependents. In another category, auditors found 40 benefit recipients who were being claimed by more than one guardian.
The audit further showed DTA paid over $662,000 to people who were receiving benefits under two separate Social Security numbers and $359,000 to people whose SSNs were being used by more than one person.
The report also offered more concerns about the security of EBT cards.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/28/massachusetts-paid-out-2-39-million-in-welfare-benefits-to-dead-people/#ixzz2Um92SbO7
Yet this is the dream of every liberal. A big, expensive, and compassionate government that "cares"
This is only one state out of 50. I wonder how much taxpayer money is wasted in the other 49 AND at the Federal level?
An audit of the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) issued Tuesday revealed millions of dollars in “questionable benefits (http://www.mass.gov/auditor/news-and-updates/press-releases-2013/dta-needs-to-strengthen-efforts-to-protect-resources.html),” including millions paid out to dead people.
According to Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump, the audit identified 1,164 cases in which welfare recipients continued to receive benefits from six to 27 months after they had died. These dead individuals received $2.39 million in total.
In most of the cases the auditors sampled, deceased individuals’ Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards was discovered to still be in use — thus leading to the assumption that people other than the intended recipients were using the benefits.
Additionally, the audit revealed that DTA paid out at least $368,000 in benefits to 178 guardians who were claiming dead individuals as dependents. In another category, auditors found 40 benefit recipients who were being claimed by more than one guardian.
The audit further showed DTA paid over $662,000 to people who were receiving benefits under two separate Social Security numbers and $359,000 to people whose SSNs were being used by more than one person.
The report also offered more concerns about the security of EBT cards.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/28/massachusetts-paid-out-2-39-million-in-welfare-benefits-to-dead-people/#ixzz2Um92SbO7