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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing is, no one really know if someone is scamming the system.  I guess unless you have a family member or someone who just flat out admits it, you just don't know.  I know you think you know, but you don't.  I would think, though, that most people would agree that outright scamming the system is irritating and wrong and blah blah blah.
What's bothering me about this thread is that there seems to be this underlying tone or belief that poor people who are on public assistance need to suffer enough to satisfy you, the glorious ones, who pay taxes.  That they somehow are personally accountable to you and should open up their wallets and let you inspect them, open up their lifestyle for your scrutiny, and you, the glorious ones who pay taxes, are entitled to every judgmental thought you have because you pay your taxes.  I agree with the PPs who have said WE ALL benefit from government breaks, etc. and the large scale scammers are banks and large corporations, but they dress nice and look nice and are more pleasing to you all.  Why don't they have to sufficiently suffer for you to "bless" them with their government assistance, because believe me, it's government assistance.
OP, you know nothing about this woman or where she got the money for anything you described.  And she owes you nothing in way of explanation.[/quote]

Agreed.  My former neighbor in St. Louis looked healthy and capable of working.  She wasn't.  She had a genetic heart defect and she wasn't long for this world.  But I'm sure people thought she was scamming the system because she could physically walk from her car to a store, etc.[/quote]

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