Re:Basic income doesn't emphasize divisions between poor and...
by yummyfajitas on Monday August 29, 2016 @01:43PM
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I think if you scrolled up you'd find a link to NPR's expose on rampant disability fraud.
Disability fraud is caused by desperation. Either that or 2% (IIRC) of the U.S. working population suddenly became either very sick or lying dopesmokers right after the housing bubble burst.
You are simultaneously claiming that cracking down on fraud won't save money, yet also saying disability fraud is huge but only because people are desperate to do it.
"Your honor, I didn't kill that guy and he was such a jerk that he deserved to die."
Disability fraud is caused by desperation. Either that or 2% (IIRC) of the U.S. working population suddenly became either very sick or lying dopesmokers right after the housing bubble burst.
You are simultaneously claiming that cracking down on fraud won't save money, yet also saying disability fraud is huge but only because people are desperate to do it.
"Your honor, I didn't kill that guy and he was such a jerk that he deserved to die."