How is it a rant? He has first-hand, eye-witness experience. There are enough anecdotes (I could supply a few) to suspect there is a welfare abuse problem - we

How is it a rant? He has first-hand, eye-witness experience. There are enough anecdotes (I could supply a few) to suspect there is a welfare abuse problem - we just don't know the extent of it, as numbers are hard to come by (for reasons explained by the poster you criticize). Stating the fact that _some_ people take advantage of the system does not make one a heartless bastard.