<DIV>Andreas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Food banks don't monitor people. And fraudulent people would not be as likely to go to them.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Donovan Arnold<BR><DONOVANJARNOLD2005@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> Andreas,<BR>><BR>> It is easy to commit fraud for food stamps, just don't report income, under<BR>> report income, or have a job under the table.<BR><BR>... this being the same method used to determine eligibility for food<BR>banks, except that food banks have minimal monitoring for fraud, other<BR>than the USDA commodity donations.<BR><BR>-- ACS<BR><BR>> Best Regards,<BR>><BR>> Donovan<BR>><BR>> Andreas Schou <OPHITE@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>> On Tue, Jun 3,
2008 at 1:00 PM, g. crabtree wrote:<BR>>> It is much easier to commit fraud with food stamps.<BR>><BR>> Um. It's virtually impossible to commit fraud with an EBT card without<BR>> the collusion of a supermarket. Food stamps are no longer in a form<BR>> where they're independently transferrable. Fun fact: the US government<BR>> now spends more money per year on welfare fraud prevention than they<BR>> have ever lost per year to welfare fraud.<BR>><BR>>> In addition, what is it about food stamps that make them less "shameful"<BR>>> then utilizing a > food bank?<BR>><BR>>> What makes them better?<BR>><BR>> Reliability? Food banks frequently run out of food.<BR>><BR>>> g<BR>>><BR>>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>>> From: "Dave"<BR>>> To: "vision2020"<BR>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:50 AM<BR>>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Economist Rankings of the World's
Greatest<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>> How about food stamps?<BR>>>><BR>>>> Dave<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> g. crabtree wrote:<BR>>>>> Spoken like a man who can't come up with a coherent answer for a rather<BR>>>>> straight forward question.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> "Just what mechanism for assistance do you envision that an "affluent<BR>>>>> and<BR>>>>> technologically advanced" nation might come up with that would be less<BR>>>>> shameful?"<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> Perhaps you simply were confused by my presentation. I'll try again.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> Privately operated food banks efficiently provide a needed service. How<BR>>>>> do<BR>>>>> you think it could be done better?<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>
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