[quote=Turtlicious]
lmao ur sayin' the un doesnt know what a basic humn rght estroll harder scrube: Srsly thugh, ur a 5th lvl charmander tryin' to fck wit lvl 100 Blastoises. Gonna get hydro pumped. lolAgreed, there has been numerous studies that prove that the vast majority of people on welfare do in fact need it. The "4%" fraud was not a made up number but an estimate founded by... Some college, I do need to look it up again. The fact is it would cost more money to find and prosecute that 4% then it would to just let them get away with it, because the number is so insignificantly small. It's very silly when people start arguing to spend more money catching / punishing poor people instead of finding more constructive ways to help. Nobody has ever responded positively to negative reinforcement.
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Let's assume that 4% figure is accurate, and that most people on welfare are honest, hard-working folk who just need a little help, and are in no way responsible for their situation. That's almost invariably false, but let's pretend it's not.

4% of 108.6 million (it's probably larger now, since that was three years ago and Obama isn't exactly known for his fiscal conservatism) equals the populations of Los Angeles and Sacramento put together. Incidentally, that whopping 108.6 million figure also makes receiving welfare a more common activity in the United States than working a full-time job.

Even gross underestimations are ridiculously high.