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Do you have proof that this type of fraud is occurring? We hear this a lot in the United States about our welfare programs. They find one or two "welfare queens
by vitd 11y ago
Do you have proof that this type of fraud is occurring? We hear this a lot in the United States about our welfare programs. They find one or two "welfare queens"[1] and claim that the whole system is fraudulent. It turns out that while there are some (sometimes spectacular) bad actors, the majority of recipients are not fraudsters.[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Taylor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Taylor
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_fraud
- dpc_pw 11y agoIt's different than "welfare fraud", as there are people who really need welfare, while if there was a business that would be profitable without government grant, it would already exist. So grants like this by definition support fraud or otherwise uneconomical businesses. Here, have an example, check-out famous: "the world of cats": http://swiatkotow.pl/ http://swiatkotow.pl/ (see UE logo at the bottom) . Government page about the grant: http://www.web.gov.pl/bazy-wiedzy/4_32_135_1353_swiat-kotow-platforma-e-uslug-dla-hodowcow-i-wlascicieli-kotow.html http://www.web.gov.pl/bazy-wiedzy/4_32_135_1353_swiat-kotow-... . Total UE grant: 790 600,00 PLN ($210k) . I was talking personally with people who had projects using this scheme. I know countless examples. There were whole web pages tracking the stupidest and most daring grants. Obviously, I don't have a proof about Nigerian program, but my Nigerian prince suggests that Nigerians are as clever (if not more) as Polish people, and it will work just as "well".