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In reply to the discussion: Get a F@#KING Job Grandma!!! [View all]maxrandb
(17,164 posts)11. Because, OBVIOUSLY, the only people that commit fraud
are the poor, the working poor, and the middle class. Never ANY fraud from the 1%
There is always going to be some folks that will try to game the system, but those numbers are such a small percentage compared to the folks that are helped by our social programs that it barely merits a mention.
I think you've identified how the Wingnuts thought process works.
"If I am in need, it's because I'm a 'salt of the earth', hard-scrabble 'Murikan'". "If someone else is in need, they're a 'shiftless, lazy, good-for-nothing' taker".
Thanks for the clarification.
Can't wait until the fucking redneck rubes find out that they are going to be on the hook for Grandma's $12,000 a month Nursing Home care once she's thrown off of Medicaid.
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congress should money into reducing fraud, not making all suffer for the deeds of some.
riversedge
May 2017
#29
So you think she's a reliable worker because she goes to theatre? REALLY?!?!?!!?!!?!?!?!!
uponit7771
May 2017
#38
If his "sweet package" is from Sony, it has zero to do with SSDI. He has disability insurance as
anneboleyn
May 2017
#61
I became a "Grandma" at 51 years old. Stop using that term like Grandmas aren't still productive
Beaverhausen
May 2017
#32