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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:47 PM Original message |
LA Times claims $69 million in California welfare money drawn out of state |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. So the cards are being used to track recipients? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're kidding. The fraud is okay with you? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I doubt it's all fraud. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. How do you know it was fraud? And I'd like to remind folks that the LA Times |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The Times article does quote several people who suggest plausible, not fraudulent reasons for out- |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This is one of those "welfare queens using ATMs at casinos" articles. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. All electronic banking transactions are traceable by neccesity. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. If someone is taking the public's money |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. No kidding. n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. i smell fraudburgers |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. 69 M divided by 3.5 years (1/2007-5/2010) is about 20 M per year. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Exactly .... this is like suggesting to the public that it is individuals who rip off Medicare ... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Um, there is a large Hawai'i expat community in California |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. So it was spent out of state - so what? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. Just under $161 Billion for welfare in the budget - 0.04% of the total spent |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. they saved 900,000 by canning the investigators |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah yes, the modern version of POOR LAWS |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ugh... Poor Laws... indeed... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Probably because they could save money out of a high tax state like CA |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-04-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. According to the Yes on Proposition 25 campaign, the state is losing about $50 million per day... |
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