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To: Kaslin
Some pretty simple software could compare social security numbers of the recipients of the two programs and spit out a list of individuals who receive benefits from both.

That list would be easily turned in to cancelation notices.

Problem solved.

3 posted on 09/09/2012 6:44:50 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Except for those who collect under various names.

In a totally unrelated item - Hispanic family tradition carries the surname of of both parents.

In another totally unrelated item - unmarried and “non-traditional” partnerships can result in more than one eligible recipient per household, or make the earnings of one partner not count towards the resources of the other.

Totally unrelated /s


5 posted on 09/09/2012 6:50:11 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Pontiac

Oh, one more totally unrelated item:

Transient families can collect under their old address when they move to another state (fraudulently, but since it’s so totally unrelated who cares? /s)


6 posted on 09/09/2012 6:51:53 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Pontiac
Some pretty simple software could compare social security numbers of the recipients of the two programs and spit out a list of individuals who receive benefits from both.

Can't have anything that simple in government.

First you have to have a "study", which means you have to hire more government employees. The "study" of course lasts several years because they don't have enough resources to conduct it thoroughly. Once the "study" is complete then they need to form a commission to determine what to do with the results of the "study". There again, more government employees will be needed.

Then you have the "consultants". They decide who gets to actually write the software. Of course that company will need to have an oversight committee created by...you guessed it, the government. But, no matter. It's the way things are done in government.

And it just goes on and on and on and on...

7 posted on 09/09/2012 7:00:18 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Pontiac

“Problem solved.”


Bureaucrats don’t want to solve the problem. Perpetuating the fraud keeps them employed. Government doesn’t want to solve it either. Incumbents would lose votes.


13 posted on 09/09/2012 7:17:13 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Pontiac
"Some pretty simple software could compare social security numbers of the recipients of the two programs and spit out a list of individuals who receive benefits from both."

Minus the fact that Uncle Sugar merely funds UI, which is then administered by 50 different states with 50 different legacy operating systems...

20 posted on 09/09/2012 7:39:03 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (A tale of a very grey woman, who was no lady...)
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