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Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps ... by torginus on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:22PM (#40445951)
> means testing[2] often costs more than the cost of fraud in social benefit programs!

This is like saying that since robbery is rare, the cost of permitting robbery is lower than funding the police force, thus we should defund the police.

Robbery is rare because the police exists

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Re:One-third of Amazon warehouse workers are on food stamps ... by undersuit on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @09:09PM (#40449174)
>Robbery is rare because the police exists

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/if-the-crime-rate-goes-d...

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