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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by tylerhou on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:16PM (#29232890)
What are you trying to advocate for; making it much harder to receive unemployment benefits? Then your statement demonstrates the exact point the parent commenter is trying to make.

89% of payments weren't considered fraudulent. I.e. it seems like you're suggesting that you'd rather sacrifice the well-being of the millions of people who received legitimate unemployment benefits just to prevent payments to a relatively small percentage of people who don't deserve them.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-25/californ...

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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by refurb on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:04PM (#29234738)
What are you advocating for? Social programs that enrich organize crime to the tune of billions?
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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by tylerhou on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:56PM (#29235180)
I'm advocating for the honest representation of the net utility for social programs by stating their benefits in addition to their downsides. It's not a fair representation to only show losses without acknowledging that without unemployment (or with more stringent fraud checks that also would increase false rejections), many people would have lost their homes or lives during the pandemic.
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