Mom spends $10,800 from taxpayer-funded program for poor families on LUXURY TRIP to Miami

02/28/2024 / By Ava Grace

A Black mother of three who received money as part of a taxpayer-funded program for impoverished families blew the payout she received on a luxurious five-day trip to Miami.

Canethia Miller, 27, was one of more than 100 mothers in Washington, D.C. accepted into the “Strong Families, Stronger Futures” government pilot program in 2023. She, alongside her partner and three children, were struggling to make ends meet at the time. While the program is one of many across the U.S., the D.C. counterpart is the only one to offer the cash as a lump sum instead of 12 smaller monthly installments.

In this case, Miller took the no-strings-attached $10,800 lump sum instead of the $900 monthly payments to be given in a span of 12 months. Once she received the cash, she splurged a significant portion of the amount – more than $6,000 – on a five-night luxury trip to Miami for the five of them. (Related: As millions of American citizens struggle to make ends meet, Biden decides to spend BILLIONS of their tax dollars to house illegal aliens in brand new CITIES built exclusively for “migrants.”)

“I wanted to blow it; I wanted to have fun,” Miller told the Washington Post (WaPo). “[My kids] got to experience something I would never have been able to do if I didn’t have that money.”

The spending spree included 15 brand new outfits for her kids, one for each child for each day of the vacation. Miller herself also got a $180 haircut to make her not “look like a working, stressed mom.” The five also splashed out on luxuries including steak dinners, new gadgets and toys for the three children and a boat tour past Miami’s most expensive mansions.

What remained of the money was used for bills and a used car, Miller continued.

Miller claims she did it to inspire her children

At the time Miller was admitted into the program, she and her family had been on food stamps and were living in a subsidized two-bedroom apartment. She was also receiving funds from the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families fund, which helped her cover her $120-a-month rent.

Miller paused her education to receive a degree in social work to focus on the growing family. She had claimed that she needed the money from the welfare program because her financial situation worsened following the birth of her third son in the summer of 2022.

She admitted to WaPo that she was still struggling to make her food stamps last. “Groceries last us the first three weeks of the month, then it’s trying to figure out the last week of my benefits. It lasts, but it cuts close,” she said.

Despite this, Miller justified the extravagant spending by arguing that she hoped to inspire her children. The trip reportedly served as a lesson for her kids that if they work hard enough, they may one day be able to afford a mansion in Miami.

Miller has now opened a savings account in which she hopes to keep $50, and insists that the government-funded program taught her how to save money for the future. She is also set to begin a new remote job that pays $30 an hour, an an opportunity she credits with the confidence she gained in the program.

But looking at it from a different perspective, Miller’s decision to splurge almost $11,000 in welfare money is far from prudent. If she wanted to impart a lesson in saving to her children, there are many ways to do so – and spending it all in one go is not one of them.

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