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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by diydsp on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:07PM (#11809187)
Try googling things like "food stamps black market"...

It happens, but it's only about 1%. How much time and effort should we spend trying to eradicate that last 1% of fraud?

[1] http://www.ktnv.com/news/busted-black-market-food-stamps

[2] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/19/food-stamp-b...

[3] http://thoughtfulwomen.org/2012/10/16/black-market-for-food-...

[4] http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/02/16/investigation-unco...

[5] http://articles.philly.com/1994-06-02/news/25833443_1_food-s...

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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income by DrScump on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @08:04PM (#11811244)
Did you read #3?

"sales of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program vouchers brought in $858 million in cash in the 2009-2011 period"

That's almost $300M/year just for SNAP benefits. $300M here, $300M there, and pretty soon, you're talking real money.

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