The great California welfare scandal: More than $69m in state handouts frittered away in Las Vegas, Hawaii and Disney World
Millions of dollars of California welfare handouts have been frittered away on gambling sprees in Las Vegas, expensive sunshine holidays in Hawaii and at Disney World in Florida.
More than $69million in benefits meant to clothe and feed needy families was spent outside California in recent years, making a mockery of the state’s attempts to help the poor.
The scale of the scandal revealed in today’s Los Angeles Times has stunned state officials who are fighting to preserve vital services in the face of drastic budget cuts.
Wonder why it’s the most popular destination? The Las Vegas strip, where nearly $12million in aid cash has been accessed over the past three years
According to data obtained by the Times from the California Department of Social Services, state-issued aid cards have been used at hotels, shops, restaurants, ATM machines and other places in 49 other states, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam.
By far the most popular destination for benefit spenders was Las Vegas, where nearly $12million of cash was accessed from the aid cards over the past three years.
To qualify for welfare, recipients must prove they are desperate for help to pay for necessities like food and shelter.
A single parent with two children must usually earn less than $14,436 a year to qualify for assistance, said a social services official.
‘How they can go somewhere like Hawaii and be legit on aid – they can’t. This is money for basic subsistence needs,’ said Robert Hollenbeck, a fraud investigator for the Fresno County district attorney’s office.
Welfare holiday destination: Hawaii was also a popular place for the benefits money to be spent
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317737/California-welfare-scandal–69million-benefits-spent-Vegas-Hawaii-Disney-World.html#ixzz11U6H5RT7
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