Mike_Beaudet's Blog

That's the reasons there are probably so many poor people. The state has everything mixed-up. A wanted felon should be behind bars not at home sitting in front of the t.v. not doing anything recieving cash and foodstamp benefits. They should be giving to the people who really need it {like maybe elderly and disabled, or single mothers who have it really hard}.And people wonder why this state is the way it is.

I just don't get it! Its not just about welfair what about SSI. I can tell you about a few people that I know of that are getting SSI because they either did drugs or are just too lazy to work. I know of one person who ownes a nice looking house in Billerica and her husband ownes a tile company and they have one child and she gets SSI. Well why can't she work? If she can go out and get a new car and spend money on name brand stuff then she can get off her butt and work. Its crazy how the people who do need it can't get it and the ones who are lazy get it. I would love to get a 1200.00 check per month and sit around and do yard work all day too!

If we are going to help them well then lets help them but lets not pay there way for life either.

I can tell you that I work 60 hrs a week and I'm a single parent who would never think about getting any welfair and would rather flip burgers at McDonalds then take a hand out from the state. Nothing wrong with taken a hand out but if your 2 legs work and your 2 arms work then there is no reason why you can't work doing something.

how about some information sharing last I checked the welfare department and the state police work for the same commonwealth. Why not share the addresses of the criminals and the state or local police ca "find" the crininals. End of problem. A little more common sense would go a long way.

Of course, there is ANOTHER alternative. Give EVERY crimina a food stamp EBT card when he/she is released. Implant in it a tracking device and keep searchable records of where they are and what they do. Have these records maintained by the State Police.

When they have a job and can pay their own way, they will regain their privacy....

mrtaxpayer,

HUH? GIVE them enough money? HUH? Maybe if we let them starve...maybe if we re-arm our public so they can protect themsleves from criminals...maybe if we stop making excuses for slackers...

Or, C_fox, we have created an "accountability-free" society using the same theory used by mrtaxpayer.

(wanna bet "mrtaxpayer" is truly "mrwelfarerecipient"?)

my daughter is not a felon or a druggie, she is a divorced < not her choice > with a 10 year old daughter, living in what she calls the worst complex in weymouth,my grandaughter cannot go out to play because there is sex pred.class 3 living in the same complex.the owners say he has to live somewhere, with a section 8 and getting foodstamps as well....my daughter has been on a section 8 list for 3 YRS. no child should live w/o being able to go out with other kids......i feel that if my daughter was a felon she would be in a nice home with a section 8 certificate.only in mass would this be the norm !

c_fox , the building mgmt were given at least a ten page petition signed by about 100 tenants, the mgmt told them" HE PAYS HIS RENT HE NEEDS TO LIVE SOMEWHERE " there was a fire in the complex yesterday, twenty families lost everything , they said NO SPRINKLERS ,and NO SMOKE/FIRE ALARMS SOUNDED ! the managers of this complex should arrested for having all these families living in such dangerious conditions.......

It's true. I know someone who lost custody of her child due to neglect and substance abuse and then commited the crime of robbery and STILL has a section 8 apartment. That is insane. Wake up Massachusetts!