People cheating the welfare system!

There is a huge difference dropkickkennedy to what "cheats" do and your situation. You said it all when you said "I'm applying like mad" meaning you are wanting to work but of course need to find a job first! I too felt a "lower" person years ago when I was on single parent benefits even though I worked as well this did not seem to help with the stigma. Pat yourself on the back as you are doing the right thing and hold your head up high!

A lot of people would see it your way as they would relate back to the fact that they were working "their butts off" to achieve something in life only to see others having it handed to them on a platter (or however the payout goes) lol Great honest response mnflower thank-you!

I know of none personally at the moment but my inner voice would most likely say to dob them in lol and as my hubby has a huge amount taken out of his pay in tax gives me all the more reason!

Thank-you margieanne for your honest response and your point about the system not caring may be true so why bother getting involved!

Why would you have bad karma for being a "snitch"? If more people made authorities aware of the criminals who are ripping off our welfare system, then a LOT more people who deserve it could be a part of it. I have a good friend who was raped and decided to keep the baby that came from that. Her parents worked in a small town their entire lives & that town recently went through a major depression, causing them to lose their retirement. She has been paying for their living expenses and her own. She is on food stamps, but does not qualify for welfare because she makes $10/hour. They don't take into consideration that she is paying for both of her parents and her own household. There are too many people within her city limits on welfare than what her local government can afford/allow. Why WOULDN'T you turn someone in? You just might be freeing up a spot for someone who deserves it; someone whose life will suffer because you didn't... speaking of bad karma. Turn them in, and don't listen to everyone else. When I lived in New York City, I saw two street thugs get into a fight and one got stabbed. I was the ONLY person who called the police. Not only did the guy who got stabbed get help, but the police told me that it was rare for anyone to do what I did - that everyone else was afraid that by calling the police, they'd get hurt. I couldn't have gotten hurt! The police were there right away and I rode with them to the station and took the subway from there. Sorry about the long story, but it made me feel really sad that all of those people were happier letting some violent thug roam loose with a knife. Just - DO THE RIGHT THING.

It definately would be a hard choice to make juicemilk if it was concerning a friend and whether you are willing to maybe lose that friendship because of it! As I said it is a tough question! lol

Well done to you as you did what you believed in. Thank-you for your response.

It is a tough one missy and you are correct in saying the right to defend their actions comes first and some seem to think they are doing nothing wrong really. Thank-you for your response.

Right, those things are technically cheating, and even though it's still not right I can understand people getting a little extra income under the table and not reporting it, not if it's a matter of a few extra dollars putting you over the income limit for whatever assistance you're getting. Of course, if an extra $20 of income might cause you to lose $400 in child care assistance, for instance, it would be better to try to find a way of squeezing the extra $20 from your budget somehow, than to risk losing your assistance for a little extra money.

Not many people do like to get involved but there are a few that do, so if a difference is made on those few it would be worthwhile!