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kairos12

(12,850 posts) Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:21 PM Mar 2014

Welfare and the Yacht

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/24/wealthy-couple-with-yacht-and-3-million-in-the-bank-got-more-than-167000-in-welfare-benefits/

Wealthy couple with yacht and $3 million in the bank got more than $167,000 in welfare benefits
Authorities said Andrea and Colin Chisholm misled benefit workers for years as they cashed more than $167,000 in welfare checks for food, medical bills, and job training between 2005 and 2012.

They had received benefits from Minnesota agencies while living for two years in Florida, reported the Minnesota Star Tribune, where they also obtained welfare benefits.

Fox News Headline Surely will be: Job Creators Unfairly Persecuted For Receiving Government Stipend to Maintain Middle-Class Lifestyle

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Welfare and the Yacht (Original Post) kairos12 Mar 2014 OP

Nah, Fox will go with the "many welfare recipients have millions stashed" meme. Scuba Mar 2014 #1

Seems the wealthy are the most likely to commit welfare fraud. Wonder if there has been a Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #2

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Nah, Fox will go with the "many welfare recipients have millions stashed" meme.

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:24 PM

Mar 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

2. Seems the wealthy are the most likely to commit welfare fraud. Wonder if there has been a