What is wrong with those people!?

I just don't know what to say but what I just did.

Pathetic.

It also includes ''supported employment opportunities'' under contract with the state of Massachusetts:

The $12 / week is a red herring anyway, since the cost per person for supported employment is certainly a lot greater.

For example, does their transportation service provide for his commute?

A way to interact with other people in the community they will need to keep in contact with the rest of their lives. It is as 'normal' and as close to work as they will ever get. They also show up with a sense of pride and dedication to work that others think is unimportant, but is a challenge for them. A number of companies use this labor pool to do work that even an illegal worker would not be satisfied doing. And the farther out of sight we put such people, the farther out of mind they are and more subject to physical, mental and emotional abuse, chemical restraint to keep them quiet and put them on the shelf and deprivation.

The States have been squeezed by idiot teabag solutions that harm so many truly needy souls whose only salvation is the life line given by the public assistance programs.The heartless and foolish "know-it-alls" are cutting the heart out of our society. The real sin of these actions are that the money saved by hurting the needy is going to the uber-wealthy.

my wife works with people like mark. those jobs are subsidized by the states and families. there are people where she works that can no longer get help from the agency she works for because of the state of illinois and federal cutbacks. food stamps and medicaid has been cut for many people she cares for.

tens of billions for the war but not a penny for those most in need.