'The inmates are mocking us': California OK'd unemployment aid in name of more than 20K prisoners, including Scott Peterson

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California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutors said.

In Kern County, home to five state prisons, one address was used to receive benefits for 16 inmates.

In some cases, inmates used their real names. In others, they used fake names and even fake Social Security numbers. In one instance, an inmate used the name: “poopy britches," Schubert said.So far, 22 people have been charged in San Mateo County, including six people who were not in prison. Prosecutors said dozens of other investigations across the state are continuing.Prosecutors blamed the Employment Development Department, which has been overwhelmed by more than 16.

The problem was so bad that Monday nine county district attorneys sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to intervene.

 

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Socialism at its finest! 😀

And the and the state wants a bailout

Isn't California run by Republicans ?

Guess how much the rich got? I always love these headlines.

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A system that pays too many people is a scandal yet Florida who pays no one and let’s them starve isn’t.

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