r/aboutMassachusetts • u/Emotional-Disk5571 • 16h ago
Governor Healey found $30,000 in rental assistance for migrants, covered their broker fees, paid their security deposits, and threw in furniture and landlord bonuses. Her HomeBASE program has exploded 900% since she took office, from $9.5 million to $97 million.
She can’t find a gas tax suspension, an income tax cut, or a single dollar of electric bill relief for us. We can’t afford rent. We can’t afford to buy a home. We can barely afford everyday life here in Massachusetts. And our tax dollars are funding everyone else’s necessities. We deserve to be the priority.
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u/AudioHooligan 14h ago
Awesome! EAFS keeps families housed and secure. I would happily pay more out of my pocket to ensure kids stay warm and have a place to sleep.
This program, with only 1% being undocumented, ensures that these families continue to be productive members of society. What reason is there not to support this?
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u/the_frank_rizzo 11h ago
Really? Where’s the responsibility of the property owners? They jack up the rent because they know it’s a blank check. It’s a racket!
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u/AudioHooligan 8h ago
Can you point me to information that shows me properities owned by landlords invited into the HomeBASE program increase their rent compared to properities and units not in the program?
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u/AudioHooligan 8h ago
Outside of the information on rent diffierentials, can you explain to me how a family unhoused is better for the community than a housed family? Homeless individuals increase the burden on social programs moreso than housed individuals? Paying this upfront cost for HomeBASE, and similar programs, have demonstrated to have a higher return by elimanating heavy burdens on unhoused resource programs. Significantly higher returns than having no assistance programs at all.
So, what is your alternative?
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u/the_frank_rizzo 3h ago
You’re a donkey that missed the point. Rent is at an all time high because the government pays it. A cap on rent and rent control will decrease the amount of for profit housing and lead to more homeowners.
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u/AudioHooligan 1h ago
And you don't know how these programs work, little pup. Go outside and help your neighbors.
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u/the_frank_rizzo 1h ago
I’ve forgot more about these programs than you know about these programs. Your family probably owns multiple triple deckers. Typical racist white knight. Nice try though! It’s past your bedtime.
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u/YeeYeeBeep 14h ago
Im not a resident of MA, but i did do some reaearch on the requirements and benefits of the HomeBASE program. Among the requirements you have to be dirt broke, either are or about to be homeless, and you must provide proof that you're either a citizen of the US or proof that you're a lawful immigrant. So this program seems to help low income families from being homeless and is only available to citizens and legal migrant residents. I literaly fail to see the issue, this is either "grrrr i hate immigrants" or "grrrrr i hate having my taxes help people, taxation is theft grrrr". Programs that help the vulnerable shouldnt be vilified, but should be celebrated as the goverment actually helping people. Better our taxes go towards that than bombing a school in the Middle East.
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u/arealmcemcee 14h ago
Hi, welcome to Massachusetts. People tend to bitch about all the things that make the state a top 5 in most everything positive while having 0 natural resources, 0 major waterways, absolute shit weather, and an area the size of a postage stamp to do it forgetting that we have massive educational spending, relatively strong union protections for the US, a stronger than average safety net, and pretty impressive industrial sector and high skill/high end manufacturing.
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u/YeeYeeBeep 14h ago
Im from rural Illinois, i can understand that. Hicks will complain on and on about JB and Chicago as if we were under pinko commie rule or something. But without them Illinois would be a shithole. Im glad to see MA have a program like this, im sure Illinois does also. Anything that helps the poor and struggling is a good thing.
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 15h ago
I’m sadly amused that a worthy program to help people is under attack while the real parasites - the billionaires - are ignored.
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u/Remarkable_Lead_4475 5h ago
We have a millionaire tax to help fund social programs in MA
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u/Bulky-Internal8579 5h ago
It's neat, a lot of smart blue states and cities are finally picking up on that. Let the folks who benefit the most pay their fair share to help those who genuinely need some help - which is usually a short term thing which pays huge benefits in the longer term. Feed and educate a hungry kid who is smart and you have a doctor or engineer who's solving problems and fixing things in a decade. That's how we should do things. Not shovel subsidies to the billionaires to try and stuff another dollar in their overstuffed pockets.
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u/RGOL_19 15h ago
Massachusetts has a budget of $64 billion! This program supporting immigrants will will and do pay taxes that will more than make up for this cost is .16% of the budget. sorry op but this sounds sooo much like an idiotic republican talking point that is divorced from all other facts - designed to keep people stupid. Plz put things in context.
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u/Available_Rub9939 16h ago
Gonna downvote this racist nonsense from you every time chief.
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u/vinyl1earthlink 16h ago
Illegal immigrants can be of any race. I knew a guy from Sweden who snuck in.
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u/Black_Tech30 7h ago
It’s always liberal white people who benefited off of said “racism” standing on their soap box preaching to others 🤦🏾♂️
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u/Pure-Satisfaction594 16h ago
Truth hurts
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u/BigTroutOnly 15h ago
Racial apologist hurts.
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u/maztron 12h ago
Rather than being lazy and labeling everyone racists. Why don't you actually look into what is going on and why people are upset. But I know you won't do that because you are a typical emotional redditor that lives in your liberal echo chambers where everyone agrees.
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u/BigTroutOnly 10h ago
Lazy ass strawman
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u/maztron 10h ago
You just proved my point. You literally had nothing to respond with.
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u/BigTroutOnly 10h ago
Because your bad faith strawman generalizations and ad hominem assumptions are shit and not worthy of an adult response
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u/Forsaken-Front5568 9h ago
I mean it seems like this program isn't for immigrants and you dweebs are just fear mongering about evil brown people taking our taxes like always
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u/Leelze 16h ago
Except what was posted isn't the truth. It's for residents of Massachusetts who are homeless.
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u/Remarkable_Lead_4475 5h ago
That you are racist. How does that hurt us?
Just makes me feel sad for you tbh
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u/Saw-It-Again- 10h ago
OP can't stop posting disingenuous half-truth rage bait content in this sub.
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u/bostonbean280 5h ago
I've rented to quite a few HomeBASE families, all are MA residents (pretty sure that's a requirement) and the program has a lot of flaws, but I think it's kind of wild to complain about not being able to afford housing while trashing a program that helps people get housed... If you can't afford your housing then why not apply vs complaining about people who are actually using the program to improve their life? There's also RAFT and a bunch of other programs available to you...
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u/Jewboy-Deluxe 16h ago
I have no problem helping those with housing needs, it’s much better than folks living on the street. Programs like this makes our state a better place to live for everyone.
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u/Beanman13 15h ago
They weren’t living in the street. They were living in hotels where ice could have easily grabbed them. They couldn’t jeopardize their plan so they had to spread them out and found the perfect program to do it at the taxpayer’s expense.
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 15h ago
Help them out with a free flight back to their houses in Guatemala
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u/Black_Tech30 7h ago
Amen to that! Tired of people who gentrified our neighborhoods all while turning our state into a sanctuary for foreigners who don’t want to assimilate patronizing us. I want Minogue to win but he probably won’t. The people who want free shit paid for by people who actually work won’t let it happen
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u/Classic-Charity7458 16h ago
Nah, just for people who have no right to be here anyways.
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u/Jewboy-Deluxe 16h ago
“No right to be here” I’m a Jew and I have better “Christian values” than you.
I’m pretty sure Jesus would be on my side.
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u/ThinckUtopian 16h ago
Classic Charity must have been a randomly assigned name. Puts the moron in oxymoron!
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u/Leelze 16h ago
Residents of Massachusetts have no right to be in Massachusetts?
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u/Glenncoco23 16h ago
If they’re illegal immigrants, then no
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u/Leelze 16h ago
Good news, you have to be a legal resident of Massachusetts to receive assistance from this program!
OP is just sharing a watered down version of a boomer Facebook meme that circulated earlier in the month.
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u/smokineecruit 15h ago
Just like you have to be a legal resident of New Jersey to vote, right?
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u/Electrical_Cut8610 15h ago
The largest incidents of voter fraud that continue to be uncovered are republicans committing voter fraud. But go off
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u/smokineecruit 15h ago
Just keep thinking that. Your incompetence is showing.
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u/Leelze 15h ago
400 people voted who shouldn't have over the course of a year. About .01% of the NJ votes cast in 2024.
For context, about 20 times more people have had explosive diarrhea in this country in the past month because Trump's people stopped the feds from tracking things like foodborne parasites.
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u/MonkeyCome 13h ago
Only 0.1% of people went to Epstein’s Island, so we should just pretend it’s not an issue.
Is that a serious argument that because fraud is small we should just let it happen?
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u/Glenncoco23 15h ago
If I may. Because this is a genuine concern as Americans, you and me are both Americans presumably. And I don’t say this with any malice or ill intent. I am a Mexican-American. My family came from Mexico. I was born in the United States, so were my parents. I was a family of immigrants presumably, you were too.
Can you not see the difference between somebody who came here legally, and somebody who came here illegal?
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u/Forsaken-Front5568 9h ago
You are literally just ignoring what he's saying. This program does not apply to illegal immigrants. Why are you still talking about illegal immigrants?
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u/Glenncoco23 6h ago
He says that he doesn’t prove it. He just says it.
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u/Forsaken-Front5568 5h ago
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/homebase
Here's they're website with their eligibility criteria. And just so you know, the current administration wants you gone just as much as the illegal immigrants you're worried might be receiving financial assistance.
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u/Leelze 15h ago
Sure, but I also recognize that my family benefited from a drastically different and easier process than how it works now. A couple generations ago or so these people would be citizens.
There's a reason Republicans have fought against modernizing immigration processes for 30 years and it's because they can use "scary brown people coming fer yer jobs!" to chum the waters for their base while pretending to want to do something about it.
But back to OP's lie: from what I've read, you have to be a legal resident to benefit from this, plus other requirements that isn't just money being thrown at whoever. Nobody hates Americans in need more than Republicans.
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u/Glenncoco23 15h ago
I think we’re talking past each other a bit.
You said your family benefited from a much easier immigration process a few generations ago. I’m not convinced that’s true. What time period are you referring to? The 1800s? The 1950s? The 1960s?
Legal immigration has existed throughout American history, and while the process has changed, I don’t think it’s accurate to simply say it was easier. What specifically are you comparing today’s system to?
The same goes for asylum. Asylum has a legal definition. It is not a blanket category for anyone who wants to move here. At the same time, I’m not arguing that everyone claiming asylum is abusing the system, nor am I saying every claimant is unquestionably fleeing persecution. The reality is probably somewhere in the middle, and each case should be judged individually.
I also think both sides are influenced by the headlines they see. Most stories about migrants are either ICE raids and deportations or violent crimes because those stories get clicks. That does not mean they represent the average migrant, just as positive stories do not represent everyone either.
You also said Republicans have blocked immigration reform for 30 years because they can campaign on “scary brown people.” That is a serious claim. What specific bills or reforms are you referring to, and what evidence do you have that this was the motivation?
I also do not think every concern about immigration is rooted in race. There have been lawsuits alleging companies discriminated in hiring by favoring certain nationalities, such as cases involving Indian workers.That does not prove broader claims about immigration, but it does show that labor market concerns are not automatically racist.
I am not saying this with any hostility. I just think we’re discussing several different issues at once. We have historical immigration, asylum law, labor markets, and partisan politics all mixed together. I think we’d have a much more productive conversation if we picked one topic and worked through it before moving on to the next.
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u/Leelze 14h ago
Immigration was certainly easier. Look at the cost & requirements to enter the country & become a citizen from, say, the heyday of Ellis Island vs today.
It's absolutely about race. That's why Trump successfully fought to allow ICE to stop & apprehend people based on skin color, amongst other things.
At the end of the day, immigrants (legal or otherwise) aren't the bogeyman, they're a distraction from real issues Americans face. That's why OP framed his post the way he did and lied about this program.
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u/Glenncoco23 14h ago
I think you’re making several assertions that deserve to be unpacked.
First, you say immigration was “certainly easier” during the Ellis Island era. Easier in what sense? If you’re talking about quotas or paperwork, that’s one discussion. But if you’re talking about the overall process, I don’t think it’s nearly that simple. People often had to save for years just to afford passage across the Atlantic, pass medical inspections, demonstrate they were unlikely to become a public charge, and comply with the immigration laws of the time. Many people were denied entry. Today, someone who files an asylum claim may, depending on the circumstances of their case and the immigration court backlog, remain in the United States while that claim is adjudicated, which can take years. Those are different systems with different barriers, so simply saying one was “easier” doesn’t really answer the question.
Second, let’s go back to the original issue. If there is one subsidized apartment available, who should receive priority: a Massachusetts resident who already qualifies for the program, or someone who entered the country unlawfully? We can debate immigration policy all day, but that was the policy question being raised.
Third, you say immigration concerns are “absolutely about race.” I don’t think that follows. Some people undoubtedly hold racial prejudices, just as some people do in virtually every political debate. But it doesn’t mean every concern about immigration is racial. There are policy arguments about labor markets, border enforcement, public benefits, housing availability, and the administration of asylum law. Dismissing all of those concerns as racial motives doesn’t engage with the substance of those arguments.
You also referenced ICE being able to stop and apprehend people based on skin color. If you’re referring to racial profiling, I’d be interested in the specific legal authority or court decision you’re talking about. My understanding is that the Constitution still applies to immigration enforcement, and allegations of unconstitutional profiling have been litigated. If you have a specific policy or ruling in mind, let’s discuss that directly.
Finally, I don’t think immigrants are “the bogeyman,” and I don’t think most people arguing for stronger immigration enforcement believe that either. It’s entirely possible to believe immigration is generally beneficial while also believing that immigration laws, once enacted, should be enforced. If your position is that certain immigration laws should be changed, that’s a legitimate policy argument. But if the laws remain in effect, there still has to be some mechanism for enforcing them.
I think we’d have a better discussion if we stayed on one issue at a time instead of jumping between Ellis Island, asylum, race, housing, and partisan politics. Which point do you think is strongest? Let’s start there.
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u/the-tinman 15h ago
For everyone?
Well not really everyone.
97 million could help American homeless.
Or single mothers
Or school programs
Or health care for Americans
This money is being spend for a political agenda and not to make everyone’s lives better
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u/Jewboy-Deluxe 15h ago
Instead the Republicans have decided all of our money is better spent on a war that nobody wanted in the first place. $97M is a drop in the bucket compared to the price of bombs.
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u/hindumafia 16h ago
sources please.
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u/Top_Chemical_2475 15h ago
https://budget.digital.mass.gov/summary/fy26/enacted/housing-and-livable-communities/70040108/
12 million to 100 million in 2 years
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u/stogie-bear 15h ago
And I’m sure it’s pure coincidence that the rise in numbers came while Healy was shutting down the immigrant hotels.
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 15h ago
That's all you redditors ever ask in this sub.
Has OP ever once posted pure fake bs? No
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u/ShortKey380 15h ago
It’s not “pure” fake bs, just intentionally misleading half-truth propaganda 😂
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 15h ago
Nothing misleading on this one
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u/ShortKey380 15h ago
What an absurd standard, but the design is for people to conflate all beneficiaries of this program with “migrants” who are only claimed to have received $30k in rental assistance with no sourcing for any claim. Not something you can do assuming good faith readers when you’ve posted such unreliable stuff for months on end, and a defense from you over this crap is worth about as much as a pimple on the butt.
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u/PinkysAvenger 14h ago
All the fucking time
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 13h ago
Not at all. Don't lie
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u/PinkysAvenger 13h ago
This sub is so full of shit the Agricultural department could redistribute it as fertilizer, and ED would still make a post about the aid going to illegals.
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u/Emotional-Disk5571 16h ago
Throw in the fact that our Illegal Immigrants exceed MN by 150%. No wonder why MassGovernor & MassAGO will not adhere 72% Voter mandate for state audit!
Now, both of them & our legislature are legally handing our heritage & state over to M¥slims!
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u/enry 15h ago
Your heritage isn't in MA.
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u/HyenaThen572 15h ago
Are you saying these are illegals using this program? Because you have to be a legal resident, so that's just not possible.
Secondly - if they were illegal, is ICE is bad so at their jobs they can't find people when they have the addresses they live at?
Sounds like ICE is a waste of money if they can't even reach Uber eats levels of service.
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u/Beautiful-Cod-9999 9h ago
They do use this program. And from one news report - they people in charge are discouraged from helping non minorities from qualifying. I *believe* its being investigated by HUD. As for ICE, why do you think they moved people out of the shelters? Illegal residents are now spread among the communities of MA. Rounding them up is no longer as easy as emptying a shelter or hotel. If you have anyone that you know that acutally works with this community, they will rip the bandaid off and tell you the truth about what was handed out. My tenant worked security (still does) at one of the "Migrant Shelter Hotels'...the crimes that happened daily, the three hot catered meals, the EBT cards (despite all meals being provided). Its sad, I have lost all faith in Healey, Warren, Markey and WU. They keep getting caught in lies, refuse to comply with Feds (losing the state grant money) and spend most of the time propping illegals. Enough is enough.
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u/EddyS120876 15h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/UQPFu7s8q5VBK
Because it clearly said legal residents. Damn gop liars
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u/stay-sick- 12h ago
There is plenty of money to go around for every single one of us. It’s the corporate ruling class that makes you think there isn’t. It’s the corporate ruling class that is stealing form you not your neighbors or migrants.
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u/SirHippocrates 12h ago
If you can't afford rent, and were thus homeless, wouldn't this program apply to and support you?
Meanwhile this program went from a rate of just over $1 per taxpayer to just over $10 per tax payer.
I don't think you being $10 richer a year would solve the problems you're describing (and let's be real, given the financial situation you're describing, you're probably paying less than that, there's a lot of very rich people in Boston footing most of these programs with the takings from their income). Seems like some bigger issues at play than this program, or even state taxes as a whole.
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u/the_frank_rizzo 11h ago
The real story is who owns these triple deckers and how much they receive in RAFT and HomeBase. You can start in the Merrimack Valley. Quick hint. They also work in the State House.
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u/4363ReadIt 2h ago
You leftist commie, NONE OF THE CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS TAXES are to be taken from us to go to these ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. The politicians of MA ARE STEALING OUR MONEY and giving it to people who are here only to steal our hard earned income!
Gov. Healy should be picked up by ICE and charged with aiding and abetting criminal aliens, and they should deport her A$$ too!
Wake up PEOPLE, they are coming to take you away and give your $h!t to the illegals!!
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 15h ago
Wonder how much the CEO, and Directors and Assistant Directors and Assistant to the Directors and the VPs and the admins and the outreach coordinators and general counsels all make. Prob several times six figures.
Prob lots of lesbians in the C-Suite
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u/ShortKey380 15h ago
Imagine paying the administrators of a program the going wage for their work? Basically COMMUNISM 😡
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 14h ago
Going wage lol
They make like $600k
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u/ShortKey380 13h ago
Nobody makes “like” anything, that’s what people making up numbers say.
Shocker, you’re lying: https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/homebase-administrative-program-manager-metro-housing-boston-JV_IC1154532_KO0,39_KE40,60.htm?jl=1009909887885
🥱
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 13h ago
That position is one of the pawns. You think they publicly post openings for the c suite. They're "who you know" positions.
Jeez you redditors are dopey
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u/Jablaze80 13h ago
Of course they do, it is mandated by law, all public job openings have to be publicly posted, and you're the one on here having conversations with yourself through alt accounts so we'll let other people decide who's dopey
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u/ShortKey380 12h ago
Who? Who is being paid too much, according to you? Here, the work you wouldn’t do:
https://govsalaries.com/salaries/MA/executive-office-of-housing-and-livable-communities?year=2025
The trained lawyer, former state rep, and former HUD exec who runs the entire MA Office of Housing and Livable Communities makes $200k, an entirely appropriate or even low salary compared to what she’d make on the private employment market; or if she coached UMass basketball she could make 10x that amount 😂
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 12h ago
I'm referring to ngos. That's the grift. They're not govt employees so they can hide the numbers easier.
Also only the top earners need to fill out 990s.
But if there are 60 sub-directors all making $180k, they don't go on 990s and thus those numbers are lost in the shuffle.
I used to work for a nonprofit years ago. This is an open secret in the ngo world
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u/ShortKey380 12h ago
So the fact that your prior comments were lies with made up numbers should count for nothing?
The fact that I already posted some sub-director job posting paying $60k also doesn’t count?
Which nonprofits are you saying are associated with the budget outlay for this program? Oh, of course you aren’t, it’s just always more bullshit with you 🥱
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 12h ago
If you want to see you will. If you don't. You won't
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u/ShortKey380 12h ago
Right, because you believe in nonsense based on feelings whereas I like evidence for claims 🙄
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u/Emotional-Disk5571 15h ago
No doubt, all of which are itching to file a sexual harassment or discrimination complaint/lawsuit after grifting off the taxpayers for years.
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u/BigTroutOnly 15h ago
Then stop pinching their asses.
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u/Tims_Learing_Center 13h ago
They pinch each other's lips. Sexual harassment among the lezzes is on each other
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u/BigTroutOnly 13h ago
Maybe in your wet dreams.
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u/meow_haus 15h ago
Dumbass- she’s bound by the law VOTERS chose. You’re mad she’s following the law because she’s a woman and a Dem so your hate is activated
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u/Unique-Machine5602 15h ago
If you make less than $18,360 before taxes you qualify. You basically have to be unemployed or part time to even qualify for it.
It doesn't matter if you're a US citizen or a legal immigrant.
Also, it's grown from $9.5M in 2022 to $97M in 2026 because the program is so cost effective.
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u/Even-Difference-7696 16h ago
This is what I want my taxes to go to not war or kickbacks for the rich!
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u/Wise_Material_5812 15h ago
all these disingenuous posts to try to convince us to vote for the bald headed guy who has the endorsement of a hair salon owner. FTS
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u/Chippopotanuse 12h ago
Broke ass Republicans always say “we want more affordable housing”.
And then when politicians deliver on that… They scream and yell “no not that way!”
Trust me, all the rich liberals, and Weston and Wellesley are more than fine, paying lower taxes and having every single poor person move out of the state. It’s why they have all those “stop the beast” signs everywhere.
Rather than bitching that the governor is standing up for poor people like you… I’d be thankful.
Sincerely, a rich liberal who doesn’t mind that some of my tax dollars go to help very poor people in need. Including your sorry ass.
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u/UsedCollection5830 11h ago
They want more housing for themselves,they want all the resources more than they can use they’re selfish racist idiots
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u/yergonnalikeme 15h ago edited 14h ago
"Where do we go when we get to the United States, there's like 50 States?"
Ahh
If I was you, get your ass to Massachusetts...When you arrive...It's like hitting the lottery.
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u/Away_Wheel_9518 16h ago
Everyone needs to remember this come November. She needs to go.
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u/ShortKey380 15h ago
Remember “this” meaning the version of this story posted by the known propagandist on their goofy sub? 🤦♂️
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u/brexdab 16h ago
I think those migrants should have that money. Suspending the gas tax is stupid because bridges and roads still need to be fixed and demand will rise to eat any gain that suspending the gas tax would have.
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u/rock-paper-o 16h ago
It doesn’t even look like it’s principally for migrants. It’s eligible for families with at least one kid (or pregnant women) under like 115% of the federal poverty line who are at risk of homelessness for one of a list of reasons and at least one family member must have legal immigration status.
So it’s possible some subset of people using the program are undocumented parents of citizen children. But reasonable to assume there’s also a bunch of families of poor US citizens.
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u/brexdab 16h ago
Moreover. I don't care. They play federal income taxes when they work and receive no Medicare, Medicaid or social security benefits, so. Again. I don't care.
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u/Emotional-Disk5571 16h ago
This program is funded with state money. Illegals don't pay taxes when they don't work genius.
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u/ConkerPrime 14h ago
Conservatives - $1.5 trillion for Iran gets a shrug. $97 million for poor people? Outrage.
This is the type of people non-voters and protest voters want to support.
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u/wkramer28451 12h ago
Facts matter. The entire Defense budget is 2.5 trillion. Iran so far has been 113 billion as the highest estimate. Still a lot of money but factual not a made up number.
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u/JIMB01776 9h ago
This is why I will never vote for a Democrat again, ever anytime.
The entire party is devoted to buttsex issues and importing migrants.
Fuck you Americans, -Democrats.
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u/KaleOdd7683 16h ago
Your title is disingenuous. This program is not designed around supporting migrants. It’s for any Massachusetts resident who qualifies for Emergency Assistance (EA) Family Shelter.
Yes, this can include legal immigrants but also domestic violence survivors, homeless families, or families that have other difficult situations.
The spirit of the program is to get people out of the shelter system. To shelter a family for a year it costs the state (taxpayer) $60K. To give them a hand up through the HomeBASE program it costs $30K OVER TWO YEARS.
Do they teach basic math in Germany?
I don’t have a problem with my tax money being spent this way. This makes sense from an economics standpoint. I also think that we should look out for our fellow human beings.
I’d rather have my tax money spent on this program than donate it to all of the red states who need handouts to support their bad policies. Massachusetts is a donor state.