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I think one big reason to avoid giving out money is to try to avoid fraud. There are a number of people who are not refugees who would certainly find ways to ge
by stoolpigeon 9y ago
I think one big reason to avoid giving out money is to try to avoid fraud. There are a number of people who are not refugees who would certainly find ways to get at the cash if it were being given out. So the refugees may all be great, honest folks but you have to think about other ways programs can be subverted by people who aren't honest.
- sin7 9y agoThat happens anyway. The Hillary Foundation and the American Red Cross have come under fire for doing just that.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoTrue, but you also have to avoid spending more money preventing fraud than would actually have been lost to fraud. This is a huge problem in, for example, welfare/public support programs, e.g. Reagan's fear of imaginary "welfare queens".
- theyregreat 9y agoYes. It’s a false equivalency to worry about 0.5% crooked people and deny help to the 99.5% whom can use it now to meet immediate needs.
- CharlesDodgson 9y agoSad but true, I wish people weren't so shit :(