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Wow, people taking advantage of discrimination-based government programs... who could have possibly seen this coming?

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Kinda tired of us relying on the honour system.

Nobody bothers checking and people like me who are honest end up paying directly for the awful people scamming the government.

They need to attach fraud charges to abuse of these programs.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

They need to attach fraud charges to abuse of these programs.

The problem is the cost to find the abuse.

It's easier to simply make programs that don't have discriminatory requirements.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

That's why I think criminal charges would help.

Even if you know you've got an 80% chance of not getting cost or the program won't be audited, a 20% chance of jail time and indictment might be enough to dissuade a lot of actors, which ultimately makes it cheaper to police.

[-] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Criminal charges help only if enforcement is actually feasible, which, given the level of enforcement on other fronts, is unlikely.

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