>>What I'm asking you and others for is some real evidence, not anecdotes, that the number of people who are abusing the welfare system is a significant percentage of the number of people receiving assistance. Of course, there are some cheats (as there are in pretty much any system), but the question is whether they are a large enough subset as to render the whole program invalid.
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>http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/fraud/PG270.htm
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>Just in California for 2007-2008.

Still anecdotes. How about offering numbers? percentages?

Frankly, if that's all California has for 2007-08, even if we acknowledge that it's only the ones they caught, it's a pretty small set. How many people live in California? How many receive welfare?

Tamar