Fixing(?) Entitlements

[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

As much as I hate to say it all entitlement programs need more government oversight. Through the years I have come across way too many people abusing welfare and social security disability. The people I know that were gaming the system could have been easily exposed with a little surveillance and a few surprise visits.

Originally Posted by MTK

Usually the juice isn't worth the squeeze. OIG has bigger fish to fry than Joe Schmoe who may be working a little on the side. (People are actually allowed to work while on disability and/or SSI to certain limits, just to note.)

My issues are when Joe Schmoe is healthy enough to work a full time job, but lazy and gaming the system. People that do that often seem to run in family circles.
I had an employee who had a couple cousins, females in their mid 30's who were on social security disability, claiming to have fibromyalgia. I gave them both all expense paid vacations to Vegas complete with cash to gamble with in exchange for help working a couple conventions promoting our products.

I spent a better parts of 2 weeks with these women and neither showed one sign of being less than perfectly healthy.

As for the welfare fraud I have worked with plenty a guy who fathered children out of wedlock, one guy had 5 , lived with the mother who was collecting welfare on the children he fathered all while he had a full time job that paid a livable wage.

I have just seen too much of this in my small world to not think it strains the system.