Gov. Deval Patrick’s free wheels for welfare recipients program is revving up despite the stalled economy, as the keys to donated cars loaded with state-funded insurance, repairs and even AAA membership are handed out to get them to work. But if they "loose" the job, don't worry just keep the car and the perks. And I guess they will need a gas card too.

I thought the government was pushing mass transit, to save the world.


Free cars for poor fuel road rage - BostonHerald.com

Actually I think this prgm. has merit, BUT they should, if they lose or leave the job they got the car to go to, give the car back.

As far as the larger question- if above 33% of my paycheck goes to taxes, that’s gone to far , in fact for anyone, at all levels, NOR do I believe that anyone should NOT pay some taxs, no matter how small.

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Obviously, in much of the country mass transit is of no value for residents, they need cars if they are to work. As far as keeping the car, if they have no job they can't afford the gas anyway, right?

When are some people going to wake up to the fact that we have to spend our way out of the recession?

When do they get 40 acres?

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According to the link 20% of the people in the program went back on welfare, which means that 80% are working and either off welfare or get reduced benefits and the program has paid for itself out of these savings.
Anyway, its a small program, and whether it works or not, it provides data on whether this idea works.
If giving people a car actually gets 80% of the people off welfare, that's a pretty good program.

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No they really don't have to have a job to buy gas. They don't need jobs to get a lot of things. Tats, 9 inch nails, cell phones, cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, XTC.....I could go on.

Having disposable income is always there in a underground economy and most people just haven't been in a place to see it. But it IS there.

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What is the motivation for ANYONE to work?

This is just another handout that will become an expectation just like publich housing.

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Is that why you don't work?

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

I was screaming 'enough' in the 60's

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That was the teaparty.

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Have you actually been in public housing? It's not exactly a 3-story mansion with an an indoor pool and free maid service. Maybe free cars are taking it too far, but if it's getting 80% of the people in the program off welfare, then it must be a good idea. I also agree with the other guy in saying that if that person loses the job, they should be required to give back the car, unless there are extenuating circumstances (such as a downsizing) that got that person fired.

Judging by what happened yesterday in California I would say that many taxpayers are already saying stop.

My car is getting kind of old may have to buy a new one soon or I could just quit my job and let Uncle Sam buy me one, sounds like a win win to me. Seriously this sounds like a good idea that is doomed to fail. What most people do not understand these entitlement programs sound good on paper but do not pay off in the real world. I am from a poor community and what is suppose to be a helping hand up will be used to scam the man by most of the people who sign up. I wish they would keep a record of how many of these cars will be used to commit crimes. I am sure that will be swept under the rug. I agree people need help not hand outs. As a single woman I have always had to buy my own car so I could work they have always been old used cars which I paid for with my own money which I went out and got a job to pay for.

But there's still a failure rate of 20%.

That's huge...

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If it wasn't for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all...

Well not really true, in my town the housing authority recently bought a couple of luxury apartment complexes with pools and gyms and told all the current residents they had to move, the complex was being turned into public housing.