The administration and the bureaucracy have grown to disgusting lengths and the unions make it almost impossible to cut dead wood. On Jun 10, 2013 5:19 PM, "Bruce Sorge" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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:364430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
