Quote Originally Posted by gazhekwe View Post
"dismissing taxpayer-funded fraud" The point is, why must we go haring off after the few, the bad, the ugly fraudsters and use that to beat up all the people who need the help to feed themselves and their families. The few are bad, but these kind of stories that try to fuel movements to get rid of the taxpayer funded safety nets are just that many red herrings to divert the people from the real issues, which, as Country Squire points out, are busting us.
I think we agree more than disagree.

I agree that public assistance shouldn't suffer because of a few fraudsters. But I also think the public deserves as mistake-free a system as possible, and poverty shouldn't excuse crime.