[Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's Greatest

[Donovan Arnold]

Andreas,
   
  Food banks don't monitor people. And fraudulent people would not be as likely to go to them.
   
  Best Regards,
   
  Donovan

Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com> wrote:
  On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Donovan Arnold
wrote:
> 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.

... this being the same method used to determine eligibility for food
banks, except that food banks have minimal monitoring for fraud, other
than the USDA commodity donations.

-- ACS

> Best Regards,
>
> Donovan
>
> Andreas Schou 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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