Indeed, during the decade or so they spent in Cambridge, the Tsarnaevs received at least $100,000 in welfare assistance, including Section 8 housing, EBT cards, and cash. In addition to food, housing, and spending money, the pair relied on their neighbors’ generosity to pay for higher education. Cambridge awarded Dzhokhar a $2,500 “City Scholarship” to attend the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where he flunked seven courses in three semesters; government granted Tamerlan $5,566 to attend two state-run community colleges. When Tamerlan’s girlfriend accused him of smacking her in 2009, the accomplished amateur boxer relied on a public defender to extract him from the ensuing legal jam. Once the Mercedes-driving pugilist started a brood of his own, he declined to work in favor of the dole. Welfare runs in the family.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 05:09:19 +0000
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