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Topic: ‘Anecdotes’ continue to
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‘Anecdotes’ continue to
add up and multiply
Boston Herald, by Howie Carr
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/7/2012 12:54:31 PM
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| Anecdotes — that’s how Gov. Deval Patrick always dismisses stories about alleged criminals on welfare. So this morning, Governor, I’d like to introduce you to 11 more “anecdotes.” They are all from Haverhill. Ten of the anecdotes are accused of distribution of heroin and the 11th for “sale of ammunition.” According to testimony last week in Haverhill District Court, all 11 are on welfare — mostly SSI and SSDI. According to federal statistics, despite their relative youth (they range in age from 26 to 51), they have only a 1 percent chance of ever ... recovering. By which I mean,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
zoidberg, 12/7/2012 3:51:06 PM (No. 9054124)
The plural of "anecdotes" is "data."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 12/7/2012 4:12:05 PM (No. 9054167)
Bravo to Howie for writing this. People who don´t have to work for a living have a lot of free time, and they don´t usually use it wisely.
This goes along with the other news that welfare pays more than the median income, which Rush was talking about today, and is a story linked on Drudge. And the people collecting all these benefits don´t pay taxes, and they don´t vote Republican.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
saguni, 12/7/2012 4:29:21 PM (No. 9054185)
I used to work for a bank in LA County, CA. in the Direct Deposit department. Every so often, we would get inquiries from the county to check our records in the Automated Clearing House system to see if the listed Social Security Numbers were getting any payments.
I don´t know if they had a system to check all new prisoners´ numbers, or if they waited until someone provided information that a prisoner was receiving benefits. Legally this was similar to a court ordered garnishment on account balances, the agency paying the benefits have the right to obtain restitution for undeserved benefits, it is in the fine print on the form one signs for Direct Deposit.
Certain benefits, SSI (welfare) and Food Stamps are not available while one is incarcerated, the government is providing "room and board," even though some people have direct deposit and give/sell their debit card to a "friend" to use for the duration.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/7/2012 11:20:54 PM (No. 9054631)
Instead of prison, let´s call it in house training among peers.
Then there was the ones who collected from the victims fund and others that filed false tax returns and received large refunds.
Not that I think they work, but the ones from PR get any taxes they paid back.
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