Sometimes, you read something on the net and wonder what country you're living in.Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has begun a program that simply hands car keys to welfare recipients to "help them get to work." True, the cars are donated. But not the insurance. Nor any necessary repairs. Nor the AAA Motor Club memberships. That comes courtesy of the taxpayer.Besides all that, they get to keep the cars if the recipient goes back on welfare.Hillary Chabot of the Boston Herald reports on the taxpayer outrage the program has engendered:The state pays for the car's insurance, inspection, excise tax, title, registration, repairs and a AAA membership for one year at a total cost of roughly $6,000 per car.The program, which started in 2006, distributes cars donated by non-profit charities such as Good News Garage, a Lutheran charity, which also does the repair work on the car and bills the state.Kehoe defended the program, saying the state breaks even by cutting welfare...(Read Full Post)