>Yes, it matters. The original assertion that I asked people to provide evidence for was that a significant _proportion_ of the people receiving assistance are cheating in one way or another. That assertion was being used to support the idea of providing much less assistance. I've still seen no evidence to back up the original assertion.
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>The fact that a small group is cheating big time certainly deserves attention and, in fact, if I were in charge, that would be the main focus of my enforcement efforts. If you can go after a few people and clean up a large percentage of the problem, that's far more cost-effective than going after a lot of people who are responsible for small portions.
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IIRC, wasn't there some intitiative here in Philly to do that recently? It was then scrapped when they realized the depth of the fraud.