I sat next to someone who worked with a welfare office last year in one of my criminal justice classes and she shared a number of anecdotes about people completely abusing the system. It's an inevitability and as I slowly start to take on a more Conservative ideology in some areas, I've always supported food stamps. Shit like this is annoying and severely screws over the people that actually need the help, but it could be worse. I just wish there was an easier way to punish the people that do abuse the system, I'm sure there's a good solution that satisfies as many people as possible, but I for one don't know what it would be.
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