Next Massachusetts welfare freebie.......... A car!

[ericire12]

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/08/coming-next-welfare-cars/

    And here I always thought “Welfare Cadillac” was just a stupid novelty song from 1970.

    Now it turns out Guy Drake’s tune is another state entitlement here in Massachusetts, compliments of the Department of Transitional Assistance, formerly known as welfare.

    In Gov. Deval Patrick’s Massachusetts, if you’re on the dole, you may be eligible to get a free car. So much for the budget Armageddon they keep talking about at the State House. …

    Nice enough that the layabouts get a free car - plus the state picks up the tab for insurance, excise tax, title, registration, inspection, and approved repairs. The absolute frosting on the cake is a free AAA membership.

    Please, try not to let this newest handout destroy your faith in the truth of the budget crisis. You’re just angry because you can’t afford AAA. But your average welfare leech needs guaranteed road service a lot more than you do.

[Timothy]

Not even close to the worse I've heard..

From the Boston Globe this past January...approximate figures...on the Mass Turnpike, 138 miles of roadway from Boston to Westfield.

Average Salary of a Toll Booth Operator:  60K, highest 97K
Average Salary of a MTA Police Officer:  155K, highest 247K with overtime....

These jobs are like SCOTUS appointments, people kill for them....to write tickets and make change of a dollar!

This state is at least if not close to the worst....

[shooter32]

Not even close to the worse I've heard..

From the Boston Globe this past January...approximate figures...on the Mass Turnpike, 138 miles of roadway from Boston to Westfield.

Average Salary of a Toll Booth Operator:  60K, highest 97K
Average Salary of a MTA Police Officer:  155K, highest 247K with overtime....

These jobs are like SCOTUS appointments, people kill for them....to write tickets and make change of a dollar!

This state is at least if not close to the worst....

My local LEO's 55k,highest 75k 

[tt11758]

The version of the story I read indicated that the cars were so that these people could get back and forth to a job.  Of course, if they lose the job they still get to keep the car, insurance, AAA, etc.

What an idiot I am!!  I paid for my own damn car.....insurance.......can't afford AAA, though.