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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlleged Boston Marathon bomber got welfare benefits from state
BOSTON One of the marathon bombing suspects was getting help from the state even as he allegedly made a radical turn against America.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and their 3-year-old daughter were getting state-funded welfare benefits as recently as last year.
State officials told the Boston Herald those benefits stopped when Tsarnaev stopped meeting the income requirements.
But, the 26-year-old parents also got state funds when the family lived in a Cambridge apartment.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and their 3-year-old daughter were getting state-funded welfare benefits as recently as last year.
State officials told the Boston Herald those benefits stopped when Tsarnaev stopped meeting the income requirements.
But, the 26-year-old parents also got state funds when the family lived in a Cambridge apartment.
Read more: http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/alleged-boston-marathon-bomber-got-welfare-benefits-from-state/-/11971628/19871176/-/14l1eapz/-/index.html#ixzz2RNyybtjq
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Alleged Boston Marathon bomber got welfare benefits from state (Original Post)
Triana
Apr 2013
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. Watch they spin this and call him a socialist.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. Already spun to "living large" on welfare
datasuspect
(26,591 posts)2. INVADE WELFARE!!!!!!!!!11111111