I talked to a teacher in a shitty New England city (Springfield MA). He said once a month about a half dozen students would be absent from class with parental permission. Turned out they were going with their parents to a neighboring state to collect double state benefits.
I dug into this a little and yeah, the states don’t track residency very well. Some people around there have 2-3 state residences and collect extra monthly benefits. Liberal politicians don’t want to deal with it because… votes.
I talked to a teacher in a shitty New England city (Springfield MA). He said once a month about a half dozen students would be absent from class with parental permission. Turned out they were going with their parents to a neighboring state to collect double state benefits.
I dug into this a little and yeah, the states don’t track residency very well. Some people around there have 2-3 state residences and collect extra monthly benefits. Liberal politicians don’t want to deal with it because… votes.