That can’t be right.
Maybe in upfront costs, but not the cost of losing a taxpayer
Yeah and there’s also that thing where people will abuse a system that doesn’t have any checks.
Certainly we could be living in a utopia if no one ever tried to exploit the system for personal gain, but unfortunately a lot of people suck.
What could ever go wrong if just got their support approved, no questions asked?
(not sure if that was sarcastic)
If it truly ever got to that point, then yes, things like spot check audits to act as a deterrent could make sense. But when our current system penalizes a community for abusing a privilege they don’t even have, it’s hard to look at the huge and unnecessary costs and say “we’re making the most out of our tax dollars.”
I and my wife are going through this now. SSDI is all like “nah, we dont believe you’ve lost your sight”. This is why I wholeheartedly advocate for violence as a means for change because NO OTHER WAY WORKS.
And yet I know someone, and know people who know someone(s), who is on disabity that shouldn’t be. Same for people who have been denied of jerked around for
Good people are struggling and suffering that don’t want to but do need the extra help. How does that build a fair system? You try so hard to prevent anyone taking advantage but they will always slip through the cracks somehow. The solution should not be to punish everyone - and it impacts us all. We are one stroke of bad luck away from being unable to work for whatever reason.
In Australia we have a system called the NDIS and while it still requires all of the above once you’re on it there is a little freedom to decide how to spend the funds that you are allocated for support.
Despite the fraud percentage rate being in single digits (even including genuine mistakes) people are still up in arms about it because they’re brainwashed morons who don’t understand that fighting this minuscule amount of fraud costs more than accepting it. They just want disabled people, whom they see as beneath them, to suffer.
Meanwhile, we spent the last decade handing out billions in corporate welfare and that was perfectly okay. We’re also going to purchase several hundred billion in US subs and piss off our neighbours because of “China” fear mongering.