Monday, March 19, 2012

Public Assistance Fraud

So, I'm trying to make sense of people right now. It seems like a common practice is to say that the government can't do anything right, but at the same time we assume that they should be able to do everything and see everything without any help from us. For instance, I can't tell you how many people have told me that they "know someone who abuses welfare/disability/food stamps/etc". They assume that the fraud departments should just "know" that they don't need it or that the disability office should just "know" that the doctor who claims this person can't work is lying. Apparently the government is completely incompetent, mostly because they don't employ enough mind readers. What I don't understand is that these people who tell me all about the fraud seem to know about it, but apparently the best way to fix the problem is to tell me instead of the fraud departments. I'm guessing it's a lack of information, and since I am also against public assistance fraud I would be more than happy to inform as many people as I can.

http://www.ucowf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107&Itemid=65 

This has the welfare fraud departments' information for every state in the United States. If you want to report any other kind of fraud for your state, and the information is not on this page, I'm sure the welfare fraud line can direct you to the proper department. If you read this and know of anyone who complains about welfare fraud be sure to direct them to this link. If enough people commit to doing something about fraud when they know about it then maybe we can end public assistance fraud.

End rant.