. The rest have learned the law inside and out to maximize their profits. A few of those have taken to stealing people's identities (including mine on occasion) to get out of paying bills they don't want to pay or get an extra check or extra food stamps.
How many of your family did you turn in for welfare fraud and then what happened?
There is logic behind the idea of welfare fraud...and not one that includes "laziness". I believe welfare fraud exists and most of them are not lay...just practical and in some cases, smart.
Look at it this way....
Most on welfare, if look for a job, will not get a job paying much more than 500 or 600 a week. Sure, they may develop over time and get a raise, but for their immediate needs, they will not be any better off with a job than without a job.
And no, I am not saying they don't want to work....this is where they are smart...
They work for their brother in law off the books banging up sheetrock.....baby sitting their sisters kids.....shoveling walks and mowing lawns...
So they do the math...I can get food stamps for food..... and welfare for other incidentals..... and in some cases unemployment for as much as 350 a week.....free healthcare....subsidized housing....AND I can make 400 bucks a week off the books....
or...
I can lose all of those things and make 600 a week on the books...which translates to about 500 a week after taxes...
What would you do?