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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The funny thing about the fraud thing to me is that in my experience, the perpetrators of the fraud are not reflective of the demographics of those who are entitled to receive benefits. I work with homeless women and children; it is my full time job. They receive many "benefits" that they are entitled to. Nobody is committing fraud, nobody is living large. On the other hand, several of my coworkers, who are paid a good wage, are committing benefit fraud. They claim that they are separated from their husbands or will not identify children's fathers in order to make their incomes look artificially low. One woman, married with one child, husband works and makes a very good living, has a friend who works for WIC so receives free formula/food vouchers. It kills me to see my clients barely surviving while my coworkers are driving nice cars, living in nice homes, dressing well, etc, and receiving the same benefits! And nobody is secretive about it at all. People request days off for WIC appointments and housing inspections, and I know damn well they don't qualify![/quote]

OP here. There is no excuse for that. Shame on people for gaming a system that was put in place to help people in a desperate situation.

The whole thing I want is for the "benefits" to actually be beneficial instead of just barely sustaining. One way to do that is if we had more funds for those who need them.[/quote]

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