Well duh, if your getting caught then your not getting away with it. If I rob a bank and get caught, then yeah, I didn't get away with it.
Let's use food stamps for now since it's part of welfare. Currently there are nearly 48 million people on food stamps today (Cato Institute, 2013). Two percent of that is 960,000 people. Almost one million. So nearly one million people are cheating the system and the laws are being enforced? It's working as intended? Tell me then, what number is acceptable to you that the system is not working as intended? That the laws are not being enforced? A smattering of stories touting arrests just means that SOME folks enforcing the laws are doing their jobs. And to be honest, I would not be surprised to find out that the real root of the problem is not the folks tasked with policing up the lazy scum that make a living off of welfare (I am not referring to those who deserve it, merely those exploiting it), but rather the ones who sign people up to begin with. I would bet that there are a considerable number of folks walking into the welfare offices who do not need to be on it, but figured out how to scam the system, and those charged with ensuring that these folks do not receive the benefit are not doing their job right, or at the very least, the system is not in place to ensure that EVERYONE who walks into these offices deserves the benefit. No matter how you slice it, there is fraud and it's out of control and not enough is being done about it. Oh, also, food stamps are being promoted in Mexico as a benefit, and Mexican's are being told that they don't even need to reveal their immigration status to receive them (Judicial Watch, 2013). http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/america-welfare http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-usda-records-sponsoring-u-s-food-stamp-program-for-illegal-aliens/ On Jun 10, 2013, at 5:44 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, individuals committing fraud does not indicate that the system is > not working and laws aren't being enforced. If those committing fraud > were being ignored or not arrested when the fraud is exposed, that > would indicate a problem, however I see no evidence that those who are > found to commit fraud are not dealt with. In fact, the procescution > of fraud in welfare and medicaid has increase drastically over the > last decade. > > I read the 2% figure as 2% of recipents, not 2% of the nation, so > those committing fraud would number in thousands, not millions, and > while some may be committing fraud, I see no evidence that those who > are caught are "getting away with it".. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
