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isn't that fraud?

• giantg2 8mo ago
  The state doesn't care about fraud when it benefits the state (a man paying support vs the state paying benefits).
  • bombcar 8mo ago
    If it's fraud it's on the part of the mother (usually) - the state just wants a clean database to avoid complications; it doesn't actually care about truth. It's similar to how the justice system doesn't really care about justice, it cares about detailed and systematic applications of the laws, which sometimes coincides.
    • giantg2 8mo ago
      "the state just wants a clean database to avoid complications; it doesn't actually care about truth." What it actually cares about is not having to pay CHIP, etc. Having a man who isn't the biological father paying for stuff means the state doesn't have to pay for services. They don't care at all beyond that.
      • bombcar 8mo ago
        Most of these laws are ancient, from the era of inheritances and such - long before CHIP.
        • giantg2 8mo ago
          That history doesn't explain their current motives.