Shocka! Welfare Recipients Are Not Using Their Public Assistance For Its Intended Purposes.

It turns out that the much ballyhooed $200 that went to a bunch of welfare recipients in New York may not be going for its intended purpose.

Yeah, shocking.

Members of Gov. David Paterson's administration defended the program, saying tales of increased sales of video game equipment and televisions are just anecdotes. The program allows families who couldn't otherwise afford back-to-school supplies to equip their children for a new year.

What's clear is that the actual amount of fraud will never be documented because state officials said there is no way for them to see how families are spending the $200-per-child benefit.

The benefit was distributed on Tuesday to families who receive welfare benefits and food stamps, including working families who only receive a limited food stamp benefit. Families with children between the ages of 3 and 17 are eligible, though the children do not need to be enrolled in school.

Wegmans and Tops report that ATMs in their stores ran out of cash on Tuesday, the day the money was deposited to food stamp accounts. The county reports that employees at the Wal-Mart store on Hudson Avenue called the Department of Human Services to say they thought welfare fraud was going on because there was a run on high-end electronics.

The stores received no notice of the program and would have been prepared had they known, spokeswomen from Tops and Wegmans said.

Seriously, how much can $200 stretch for "high end electronics" in NYC?

It's shit like this that pisses me off something fierce. And how much you want to bet that the fucking leeches who used this money to buy junk and not for their children's school supplies will be boarding an ACORN funded bus and start banging on somebody else's door demanding more money later?

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