Barack Obama promised transparency in his administration if he was elected. He lied. Obama also promised to give an accounting of every dollar spent out of his $787 billion stimulus bill. He lied about that too. But at least we now know what happened to $140 million of it: Obama’s puppeteer, billionaire George Soros, the man who pulls Obama’s strings, gave away $35 million of his own money in NY yesterday.
The feds ante’d up an additional $140 million to buy backpacks and school supplies for children on welfare. Naturally, when poor families in NY heard about the free cash, they came running. Thousands lined up at liquor stores and check cashing places to withdraw $200 per child in cash that magically appeared on their electronic benefit cards.
“It’s free money!” said Alecia Rumph, 26, who waited in a Morris Park, Bronx, line 300 people deep for the cash to buy uniforms and book bags for her two kids. Source
While we know abuse will be rampant as welfare mothers spend the loot on liquor, weed and cigarettes, some vowed to spend the cash on their kids:
“Times are really tough right now. The situation is bad with money. So it’s easy to want to use the money for other things,” said Ana Barcos, 31, of Corona, Queens, where 200 people waited outside a check-cashing business.
“But if the money’s supposed to be for my kids, then I will use it for my kids.” Source
Another woman who took advantage of the gift to withdraw $800 for her 4 kids was a little more honest:
“I’ve been eyeing that flatscreen at Best Buy for months, with the $800 I received for my 4 kids now I can get it. Just in time for football season. GO JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!” Source
