Welfare recipients in Massachusetts spent taxpayer funds in vacation destinations and in states thousands of miles away, an investigation found.
Welfare recipients in Massachusetts spent taxpayer dollars while traveling to tropical vacation destinations and in states located thousands of miles away from New England, according to a new investigation by The Boston Herald. Public records requested by the Herald showed taxpayer-funded EBT cards were used in Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, California, Florida, Alaska, and in several other locations across the country.
That's not all. Massachusetts' EBT dollars were spent in virtually every state in the U.S., including 165 cities and towns in California and in 293 locations in Florida, the report said. Over a dozen expenditures were also recorded in the Virgin Islands and in Alaska this year, which included a $395 charge in Anchorage. Republican state Sen. Ryan Fattman called the report's findings, 'insanity and government at its worst.' 'This makes no sense.
Fox News' Joshua Q. Nelson contributed to this report.
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