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Re:Disabled and out of work for years, but need some side in... by onei on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:03PM (#34582746)
On the one hand yes. But letting your system be abused by those that have no need for it is never a good use of funds.
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Re:Disabled and out of work for years, but need some side in... by ceejayoz on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:44PM (#34583481)
That's actually not always true; it depends on the rate of fraud, the amount earned, how widespread it is, and the amount of damage you do to good-faith applicants by making the process harder.

For example, Florida required drug testing to receive welfare; that program cost more than it saved taxpayers in benefits. https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/florida-didnt-save-mone...

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Re:Disabled and out of work for years, but need some side in... by rnd0 on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:01PM (#34588625)
>But letting your system be abused by those that have no need for it is never a good use of funds.

And yet, we have rich people using fraud to get government funds that they have absolutely no need for while the poor get exploited and starve.

The abuse is going on A N Y W A Y; it's just that people get more indignant when one of the "poors" occasionally get that extra soda out of the machine.

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