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Massachusetts Welfare Recipients Are Spending EBT on Tropical Vacations
Breitbart ^ | 09/08/2024 | OLIVIA RONDEAU

Posted on 09/08/2024 12:02:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Massachusetts welfare recipients have been using their EBT cards while on tropical vacations to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other trips thousands of miles away from their home state, an investigation by the Boston Herald revealed.

Public records obtained by the outlet showed dozens of EBT card expenditures at several popular vacation destinations, including California, Florida, and Alaska, as well numerous holiday islands.

While the federal and state governments spent $3 billion on the taxpayer-funded EBT cards in Massachusetts during Fiscal Year 2024, 32 charges were made in Hawaii — with the largest expenditure being $378 on the island of Maui in March, the report found.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alaska; california; florida; food; hawaii; massachusetts; recipience; taxfundedvacations; vacations; welfare
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3 billion a year in Massachusetts on EBT cards? Wonder how much it is for the whole country?
1 posted on 09/08/2024 12:02:36 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I always wanted to visit Barbados. Maybe one of those illegals will go for me. At my expense, of course.


2 posted on 09/08/2024 12:08:06 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Boxes of beans. Boxes of cheese. Boxes of powdered milk. That should be all that the Welfare office should ever offer anyone. The “help” isn’t helping.


3 posted on 09/08/2024 12:09:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Worst Alcoholic Beverages for Your Health

1. Piña Colada
The typical piña colada contains hundreds of calories and is laden with sugar; basically, it’s a lot of caloric intake with very little nutritional value.

2. Mai Tai
Tropical drinks, like Mai Tais, are usually made with sugar-heavy juices and, occasionally, pre-made mixes. The excessive calories contained in fruity cocktails like this can displace more nutritious foods and well-rounded meals, causing you not only to gain weight but also to become undernourished.


4 posted on 09/08/2024 12:10:00 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The side gig dealing drugs is lucrative.


5 posted on 09/08/2024 12:11:37 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

$451 Billion all cost from one source


6 posted on 09/08/2024 12:12:21 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

Thank you for checking


7 posted on 09/08/2024 12:13:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ComputerGuy

May his wife meet Barbatos Slim.


8 posted on 09/08/2024 12:13:32 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Take a drive thru your local government housing during the work day and gaze upon the very nice cars and trucks. That is all you need to know about the commies ebt vote buying program.


9 posted on 09/08/2024 12:14:15 PM PDT by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

EBT and welfare benefits have always been spent for things other than what they were meant for.

I used to have a girlfriend who actually had 2 extra kids (for a total of 4) so she could collect more welfare and never have to work again, and she also received the EBT payments, which she traded for cash in order to go to the Indian casinos in Florida. Oh, and she also got subsidized housing.

I did say “I used to have girlfriend”, right? I couldn’t stand the thievery.


10 posted on 09/08/2024 12:15:13 PM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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That’s the “better life” all the illegal alien invaders are coming here to climb aboard to ride to the happy land! The land of the grande piñata!


11 posted on 09/08/2024 12:17:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is freeloader "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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The Cadillac Escalade, Land Rover, BMW 5 Series and Dodge Charger SRT are the rides of popular choice
12 posted on 09/08/2024 12:21:20 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

America has some of the richest poor people in the world.


13 posted on 09/08/2024 12:21:57 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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EBT will work in all 50 states
Not sure bout Puerto Rico


14 posted on 09/08/2024 12:23:15 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Enjoy your vacation!
Send a postcard you hear?
I won’t be going on vacation this year — can’t afford to.


15 posted on 09/08/2024 12:32:45 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Voltaire: To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sure gives one an idea of grocery costs in Mass. If not paying for them allows one to save up for a tropical paradise vacation.


16 posted on 09/08/2024 12:52:10 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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It is important for people to get fresh fruits and vegetables, and nutrient rich low fat protein like fish. And where is a better place to get these than on a tropical island?


17 posted on 09/08/2024 12:56:47 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Massachusetts citizens shipped slaves in from Africa, sold them to the South and when they got cheap Irish labor pointed fingers at the South for owning slaves. They tried to secede during the War of 1812 because it hurt their business interests and pointed fingers at the South when they did the same. They were all for bussing in Southern schools until Federal mandates forced them to bus students and then protested like hell....They are at the start of most of our problems.


18 posted on 09/08/2024 12:57:49 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: ansel12

Note to self: if you ever make it back to the Keys, stick with Bloody Marys and Rum Runners.


19 posted on 09/08/2024 1:04:45 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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(Massachusetts welfare recipients have been using their EBT cards while on tropical vacations to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other trips thousands of miles away from their home state)

What a great system!!


20 posted on 09/08/2024 1:09:03 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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