Two Thumbs
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I knew a woman that had 4 kids by 3 different men.
She had a 3 bedroom house with a front and back yard, lr eat in kitchen. She had to pay $25/month for it.
She never worked, so the money came from welfare.
One day she announced that she was going to be rich! He oldest, a girl that just turned 12, was put in charge of the "daycare" she just opened in "her" home.
That's right, she put her kids to work babysitting in an illegal daycare that was operating illegally out of gubmit housing. She didn't do anything with any of the kids, but she collected lots of money for nothing and still paid $25/month in rent.
Yeah, that's the kind of people our money goes to. This brave single mom struggle to make it, is more myth than reality.
It is very easy to find anecdotal stories about abuses. And I have no doubt there are instances of abuse for which the perps should be prosecuted. But you can't punish needy people because some people are idiots.... same as you wouldn't punish every financial advisor because bernie madoff was.
true, very true.
I was using that as a case in point that fraud and abuse is far far more common than not.
I reported this person, as well as my neighbor that lived on SS disability b/c he ahd a bad back, but could still say he did powerlifting as a hobby, to the authorities. Nothing was done in either case.
Welfare and housing need to be gone through with a fine tooth comb to weed these people out.
Imagine what could be done with entitlments if fraud was lowered. [I'm not nieve enough to think we can rid it of fraud]