Welfare scammers....why can't we stop them?

oh and doesn't it make you wonder how the heck she looks at herself in the mirror everyday? Some people were born without consciouses I swear. And then she's probably raising her children all bad and dishonest too, and the cycle will be perpetuated when her kids grow up and become little rats on society.

Well, lets just hope that her children will grow up with some self-pride & not want to be a drain on the system.

I could not have said it better myself! It is a frustrating dilemma. You would think that the welfare office staff would see it, but it seems as if they don't. I hope your husband is alright.

To bad that lightening couldn't hit that house & burn it to the ground. I hope that you can get the help that you need, I will add you to my list of people that could use an extra prayer. Maybe someday we can get all the scammers off of welfare so the people who truly need hlp can get it.

I remember the monthly visits back in the eighties. It was hell on any person recieving assitants. Most of the case workers that came had never had any children. I know you didn't dare have one thing on the floor or out of place. Not even a toy or risk loosing any benefits you were getting. I also know you were also sent to many meeetings and classes that prevented someone from working full time. I know the program was meant to help. But the way it was done. It hurt alot of people. I remember seeing the stuff in low come apartments. Not me..I wasn't on the assitant. But someone real close I know.

The programs in the '90's hurt a lot of people as well. ASPIRE in particular. You had to find a job in a (not) given amount of time, and if you didn't you lost all benefits. It was one thing if the parent did not even look for work... ...but for those of us who looked for work every day/3 or 4 days a week, filled out applications, went for interviews etc., it was not fair. When the system *makes* you quit your part time job to find another job, and when you are not able to find a job no matter how hard you try, the welfare deaprtment still took away all of your benefits. This was wrong, and hurt a lot of us. We almost ended up homeless. If they would have just let me keep the part time job, and the ocassional job of substituting, that I had had, it wouldn't have been so hard for us when we stopped getting benefits. Instead, they took away my right to work so that I could spend every day of the week losing more and more of my self-esteem because I was unable to find a job. These "programs" do not take into account many factors: * Lack of jobs in your area or nearby * Lack of skills on the recipients part * Lack of education * The fact that there are few jobs, and a mil1 or other big company closes - the workers having many more years of work experience than young welfare moms/dads. Those workers will generally get the jobs. etc., etc.,

I plan on calling about her first thing Monday morning. I will rant & rave until I get some satisfaction. I just don't see how she can live with herself, she has worked the system so well that she get just about maximum on anything & everything out there. Thanks for the 2 cents, that & a 10-spot will get me a cup of coffee! LOL

I wish you much luck on getting her out of the system. While I think the system is great for those that need it from time to time, those that think of it as a way to make a living or or the ones that defraud it, make it bad for the ones that truly need it. :)

I do not believe that she gets that much money. I have been trying to work myself of welfare for a very long time, and the amount that you are talking about is not likely. The system is not fair by any means. I was kicked off welfare because I could not find a job. They made me quit selling Avon because I was not making enough. They made me quit substituting at the daycare center because I was not making enough. I was doing both of these jobs at the same time, bringing home money to help myself and my daughters. At the same time, I was looking for another job. I would go to numerous places of business each week, fill out applications, call about the applications and could not get a job. I was doing everything the welfare department wanted me to. I could not find a job, so they took everything away from me. I still kept looking for work, and we were almost homeless. I finally found a job a few months later. I amde minimum wage working 20-30 hours a week. I worked for more than a year, barely surviving, then hurt my back. They would not help me. I then started a small daycare in my home, $8.00 and hour at about 25 hours a week. Everything was going well, except we still didn't have medical insurance. My daughter got sick, and they finally helped me with medical, plus some foodstamps (not much). When I started getting in a few more hours here and there, I called to tell them that I no longer needed the foodstamps, They still kept sending them, saying that I was still within the limits. Then their foodstamp department audited me, twice! The auditor told me that my case worker had messed up, and given me too much foodstamps! Both times! I was so upset. I had to pay them back! Both times! And it wasn't even my fault. I had asked be taken off foodstamps, but they didn't do it. It took me a long time to pay them back. Luckily, they just took the money out of the foodstamps they were giving me. That was a long time ago. I am still working as a childcare provider in my home, making less than $200.00 a week. I get $173 in foodstamps, and medical. I am trying to launch a writing career, which is my dream. Now that my daughters are teenagers, I have more time for writing. I hope to get off welfare completely. I know a family who works hard. The father works at a "good job", the mom works whenever she can. She is sick a lot, though. She has some medical problems and cannot work all of the time. They rent, but are being evicted because they cannot afford to pay the rent, etc. They went for help with payment, and were told that they could not be helped until "after they are eveicted". They will not help them until they are homeless. That is so sad. There is something else that I feel bad about. I fell bad that the welfare department and low income housing authorities can tell a father that he cannot live with his children. And I do not fault the moms who let the fathers of their children live with them. I do not fault them at all. If a family wants to be together, they should be allowed to be together.

I plan on calling on Monday, I am going to put an end to her fraudulent behavior, or a least try to. Sometimes trying to get our government to do something is like trying to get oil from a water fountain.