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So a bit more info on this ... if you look up the average of the demographic that tries to game a system it usually sits somewhere between 2-5%. Unfortunately the powers that be have decided that even tho 95-98% of people follow the rules, everyone has to be vetted (and often denied) so the 'bad' ones can be filtered out.
Untold b/trillions are spent doing this, far surpassing what it would cost to just have basic vetting where people in need would be able to access funds/services within 30 days.
Edit to add -- This is ONLY good for individuals. All corporate entities should be held to a minimum wait of 6 months to be completely vetted.
This usually bears out in large workplaces too, most of the employee mistakes are genuine, about 5% are deliberately done by psychopaths. I mean real mistakes like HIPAA violations, not clocking in late from lunch.
Yup. Afaik those numbers run across the board, although I have seen an insanely low number for one Ontario social program a few years back (like 0.68% found to be scamming).
I'd be interested in seeing that study or report. I wonder if they identified likely factors.
Sorry, I can't even remember what kind of program it was for. My ADHD just picked up on the number and logged it into my brain without a reference point.
Gimme a bit and I'll see if I can find it.
Thank you!
Found one for Employment Insurance in Canada ... works out to less than 1% for 2017-18.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/employment-insurance-ei-fraud-1.4876688
That's because our government, from top to bottom, has a punishment-based attitude when it comes to any and all violations of any rules or laws. And instead of precision strikes, they use flamethrowers.
Problem is the rules aren't enforced on everyone. Just us peons face the full extent of them.
This is one reason im a basic income, universal healthcare, etc person. I have found the beuracracy that is put in place can usually be navigated by the gamers because that is what they do but it blocks the folk that could use the help and if they got it sometimes can be productive and even pull themselves out of the situation.
Reminds me of.. I want to say Florida requiring drug tests for welfare. They probably spent orders of magnitude more than they saved.