[Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest

[Donovan Arnold]

Andreas,
   
  It is easy to commit fraud for food stamps, just don't report income, under report income, or have a job under the table. 
   
  Best Regards,
   
  Donovan

Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com> wrote:
  On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM, g. crabtree wrote:
> It is much easier to commit fraud with food stamps.

Um. It's virtually impossible to commit fraud with an EBT card without
the collusion of a supermarket. Food stamps are no longer in a form
where they're independently transferrable. Fun fact: the US government
now spends more money per year on welfare fraud prevention than they
have ever lost per year to welfare fraud.

> In addition, what is it about food stamps that make them less "shameful" then utilizing a > food bank?

> What makes them better?

Reliability? Food banks frequently run out of food.

> g
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave" 
> To: "vision2020" 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest
>
>
>> How about food stamps?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> g. crabtree wrote:
>>> Spoken like a man who can't come up with a coherent answer for a rather
>>> straight forward question.
>>>
>>> "Just what mechanism for assistance do you envision that an "affluent and
>>> technologically advanced" nation might come up with that would be less
>>> shameful?"
>>>
>>> Perhaps you simply were confused by my presentation. I'll try again.
>>>
>>> Privately operated food banks efficiently provide a needed service. How
>>> do
>>> you think it could be done better?
>>>
>>> g
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:
>> McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.
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