Midnightrider wrote on 04/30/13 at 08:10:00:Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits
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Chris Cassidy
The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.
“The breadth of the benefits the family was receiving was stunning,” said a person with knowledge of documents handed over to a legislative committee today.
The state has handed over more than 500 documents to the 11-member House Post Audit and Oversight Committee, which today met for the first time and plans to call in officials from the Department of Transitional Assistance to testify.
“I can assure members of the public that this committee will actively review every single piece of information we can find because clearly the public has a substantial right to know what benefits, if any, this family or individuals accused of some horrific crimes were receiving,” said state Rep. David Linsky (D-Natick), the committee’s chairman.
Linsky’s committee has requested documents from the DTA, the state’s Medicaid director and Health and Human Services Secretary John Polanowicz. But so far the committee has not released the records publicly, citing a privilege the DTA is asserting under state law.
Transitional assistance officials also told the Herald tonight that the agency was conducting its own investigation into whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s family ever notified the DTA about his extended trip to Russia, and has since expanded its probe to include a full history of the benefits received by the entire Tsarnaev family.
How did they manage to do this ... didn't they just arrive 10 years ago. How did they get on welfare right away. This is so depressing. If I were to drop dead tomorow, my wife and son will be destitute in a matter of days. This is really really depressing. I am all for a safety net ... but the fools that suddenly show up dont deserve to be put into a net ... they need to be put into a ship and send back.
WD wrote on 04/30/13 at 08:26:46:You do have to return stateside every so often for a specified time period, within a specified time frame, in order to keep Social Security. One of Lisa's cousins and his wife retired to Mauritania (in north Africa somewhere). They have to return once a year for a month or so to keep their benefits.
I think its dependent on the country they have gone to - and if they were US citizens when they moved away.
India used to be one of those countries you could not receive US SS benefits till a few years ago. It may have something to do with that tax thing.
One of the founders of face book I think moved to singapore to avoid paying any taxes when they went public couple years ago.
I suspect there is an agreement that lets US use the foreign country's tax system to collect taxes and the flip side is that you can collect SS benefits from there.
Midnightrider wrote on 04/30/13 at 08:37:23:They might be American citizens but their company will be based offshore and not considered an American Co. so they wont have to pay American income taxes. They're working for a offshore foreign company. You only pay American taxes if a foreign company (like the foreign car companys) have factory's here. Their employees living on the mainland will undoubtably pay taxes.The kind of money these CEO's will be making will make them laugh at a $1500 a month SS check. If you don't reside in any country you don't have to pay income tax. Ingenious idea, they'll come up with anything to get a free ride and turn around and acuse the poor of it.
Companies already pay almost no tax - look up "double dutch sandwich" on google. In fact google paid under 3%.
Personal income tax is what they are hoping to avoid via floating city. Which right now is somewhere between RMoney's 13% and maybe Warren Buffet's 17.4% on personal income.
Cool.
Srinath.
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