The number of welfare cards in Massachusetts exploded by 35 percent from June 2023 to May 2024, according to the Boston Herald.
The massive increase in Electronic Benefit Cards (EBT) reveals the huge inflow of poor migrants — and helps to explain the rising outflow of middle-class Bay State residents who migrate to cities with cheaper housing, lower taxes, and higher wages.
“A staggering 672,483 new EBT cards have been added to the welfare rolls in a little over a year — a tally that’s intensifying calls for an audit of the welfare agency,” the Herald‘s Friday report said.
“The number of ‘active EBT cards’ in Massachusetts jumped 34.6 percent … according to data obtained by a Tainton state Senate candidate [who] shared with the Herald,” the report said.
The top five locations for EBT cards include Brockton, Dorchester, Codman Square, NewBedford, and Lawrence, the Herald reported.
The United States government keeps telling the U.S. citizens that social security is running out of money and drastic changes will be needed for social security to survive. Why does it seem that welfare ( use this as a broad term ) never seems to run out of money ?
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) is an electronic system that allows a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participant to pay for food using SNAP benefits.
The federal government pays for the benefits loaded onto Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, which are used to access food stamps and other assistance programs:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
The federal government pays 100% of SNAP benefits, which are loaded onto EBT cards. The federal government also contributes nearly half of the administrative costs, with the states paying the other half.
If you work for an employer, you and your employer each pay a 6.2% Social Security tax on up to $168,600 of your earnings. Each must also pay a 1.45% Medicare tax on all earnings. If you’re self-employed, you pay the combined employee and employer amount.
Does the government put money into Social Security?
Social Security is largely a “pay as you go” program, meaning today’s benefits are funded primarily by the payroll taxes collected from today’s workers.Jul 24, 2024
Taxpayers in Massachusetts have spent more than $1 billion to date on the emergency shelter system that has been overwhelmed with the task of housing thousands of newly arrived migrants, some who entered illegally and some who arrived under one of the Biden administration’s controversial parole programs. State budget officials expect they will have to spend another $1.8 billion in the next two years.
Did everyone read the word ” illegal ” in the above statement ??
Your hard earned money that you pay numerous taxes on is given to illegal aliens.