Massachusetts Required to Pay Feds $2.1 Billion After Pandemic Fund Error

Breitbart ^ | 01/21/2025 | Amy Furr

[ChicagoConservative27]

Massachusetts must give $2.1 billion to the federal government due to an apparent mix up with federal pandemic funds.

Officials said the state will be required to pay the sum over the next ten years after former Gov. Charlie Baker’s (R) administration “mistakenly” used the money to cover unemployment benefits, WHDH reported Monday.

Baker was succeeded by Gov. Maura Healey (D) in 2023 “and her deputies unveiled details of a settlement they reached with the outgoing Biden administration Friday in which the Bay State will repay most but not all of the amount it owed due to the error committed years ago,” per the outlet.

In a statement, Healey said it was “frustrating” the previous administration allowed it to happen but said officials were going to work through the problem and bring the business and labor community together, per WPRI:

[ChicagoConservative27]

Embrace the suck to the clown show known as Massachusetts.

[Lazamataz]

“Whoopsie! Our bad!”

Riiiiggghhhhttttt....

[ClearCase_guy]

Healey said it was “frustrating” the previous administration allowed it to happen

She was Attorney General in the previous administration.

[SpaceBar]

I have a problem with the ‘ten years’ part.

[VeniVidiVici]

[oldplayer]

Was it Healey that yesterday said that homeless shelters were for Massachusetts’s homeless citizens and not illegal aliens? If so, there might yet be hope for MA.

[bobcat62]

Cut Mass a discount if they fully cooperate in taking out the (illegal) trash.

[HIDEK6]

…. due to an apparent “mix up” with federal pandemic funds.

Mix up. Of course.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, 'error', good one.

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