Much has been written about the state employees who applied for and received money allotted to low-income families who didn’t already receive food stamp benefits reimbursing them for perishable food lost related to storm Irene. Unbelievably, anywhere between $200 and $1,200 was doled out to each applicant, depending on the size of their family! Logically, it should have been based on the size of their REFRIGERATOR!
We have a 22-food refrigerator/freezer, and our freezer is always packed, and yet I would estimate total refrigerator contents at $200. Are we to believe low-income families have that much surplus food? The maximum food allotment could have been $250., and that would have been generous.
According to officials, $12,500,000 was doled out to 23,000 people, and average of $543. That is absolutely absurd. No wonder so many people applied for it. Once again, our government proves it is great at giving taxpayer money away. It would appear that those state employees who received the money have spent it on attorney fees. That’s nice.
David Turrill
North Haven