Grants Didn’t Help The Poor

A $49 million-a year grant program for seniors is popular with applicants but does little to help the poor, says a Department of Social Development report. Seniors used subsidies for bocce courts, Chinese cooking classes and big-screen TVs: “Other age cohorts that are struggling with young families should not have to pay for these kinds of goofy programs.”

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