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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    And Part Of The Reason We Are In Trouble


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon May 16, 2011 at 10:43:32 PM EST
    Tags: Government, Disabilities abuse, Dependency, Cheating, Michigan, Social services (all tags)

    Is that there seems to be a market for helping people take advantage of government.  An organized effort in fact, that has a sympathetic angle, but still abuses the taxpayer trust in helping those who need help. It goes beyond even the typical unemployment abuse, where a worker remains 'underemployed' to stay eligible, and possibly fails to report the cash jobs.

    We have a more insidious abuse in another area; disability.

    A website exists to assist those who collect disability payments in maximizing their benefits. Not just assisting in receiving these 'entitlements,' but in gaming the system so that real efforts to escape the dependency are squelched from the beginning. For example:

    "Benefits and Work Calculator
        What will happen to your income, benefits, and health coverage if you go to work? You can use the Benefits and Work Calculator to find out how a job may affect your total income and your health coverage.
    "

    And it provides a tool to keep those enrolled in disability plans from overachieving. Including our young and those in school. From even reaching the level of capability that they have.

    For the sake of maxing out the cash.

    Maura?  I hope you read this from time to time.

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    by grannynanny on Tue May 17, 2011 at 08:39:30 AM EST
    our welfare programs.  Once you get on it DHS does nothing to get them off of it.  Just keep on throwing the cash to them.  Keeps unionized DHS workers on the job as long as there are lots of moochers.

    Looks like Maura's plate is getting full... (none / 0) (#2)
    by Corinthian Scales on Tue May 17, 2011 at 09:35:27 AM EST
    ...between overseeing the Moocher class and DHS jackboot workers.



    This is part (none / 0) (#4)
    by grannynanny on Tue May 17, 2011 at 11:37:15 AM EST
    of what keeps Michigan at the forefront of incompetence and inability to deal with issues.  The case of the kid at the ballpark was just appalling!!!

    Yet several years ago DHS let a foster mother torture her son to death (Ricky Holland) all right under their noses and with other adults bringing the monster mother's action to light.  Yet they did nothing.

    I don't understand the extremes of DHS.  One case is blown out of proportion and another is ignored.  Just what is their criteria again???

    • Sadly... by KG One, 05/17/2011 11:48:47 AM EST (none / 0)
    Maura's gonna need a platter... (none / 0) (#6)
    by Corinthian Scales on Wed May 18, 2011 at 12:04:38 AM EST
    ...and that might not do.  Even millionaires are on the gummint dole.

    Auburn, Mich. -- A man who won $2 million on a Michigan lottery show has told a TV station that he still uses food stamps.

    Leroy Fick of Bay County admitted he still swipes the electronic card at stores, nearly a year after winning a jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" He told WNEM-TV in Saginaw that more than half of the prize went to taxes.

    Fick says the Department of Human Services told him he could continue to use the card, which is paid with tax dollars. He told WNEM: "If you're going to ... try to make me feel bad, you aren't going to do it."

    The TV station says people have seen Fick driving a new Audi convertible. Messages seeking comment were left with his attorney and the state Tuesday.

    It's just disgusting that someone like Fick has such little pride in themself.  No shame.

    It also makes me wonder if this assclown columnist will rush to Fick's defense too...

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