OT - Happy Election Day!

[Comeds]

I just wish we could rid NY of the billions of dollars in welfare fraud. When I see people taking a cab from Buffalo to their doctors office and "on the way home" having them drive 35 miles south of the city to get cigarettes at the indian reservations 10 TIMES IN TWO MONTHS it makes my blood boil. This story was in the Buffalo News. It's all on the taxpayers dime through medicaid.

I am not against helping people I am against FRAUD that as a friend of mine that works for the dept of SS said "If the tax payers knew where their money is going they would literally puke"! That's what bothers me. Lets start fixing the financial problems by starting with fraud.

I knew a person on welfare that found a doctor feel good that prescribed her pain medication she didn't need. She bragged about the fact that she could get them and sell them for up to $600 per month. So we have a corrupt doctor fucking the system a corrupt user getting pills they don't need and selling them all being paid for by the tax payer.

I was telling a friend of mine that is a pharmacist assistant in the inner city about this and she started laughing, when I asked what was so funny she said "Steve I see this on a daily basis, people getting checked out at the pharmacy getting pain pills while on the phone asking, yes I'm getting them now how many do you want and how much will you give me for them" she said there isn't a damn thing they can do about it because of Hippa laws.

Again I am all for helping people that need help but does anyone think taxpayers should be paying for this?

Lets fix a broken system before we expand it into an even bigger problem.

I would like the fraud stopped (both individual and corporate), but I'd rather help some people who abuse the system than to stop helping people that actually need it.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

actually .... any day u have one of those is a happy one



/whoops ... i misread that

 

[jstewismybastardson]

damn those pesky gays!!!

Gay Vote Seen as Crucial in Obama's Victory - NYTimes.com

 

[IPostedWhat]

damn those pesky gays!!!

They may be pesky, but I guarantee they will always have your back and get behind you.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

They may be pesky, but I guarantee they will always have your back and get behind you.

for sure, Obama rode them to victory (and vice versa)

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Genius move by Obama, even though I think he's completely full of shit on it. 4 years ago he was against gay marriage. Now he realizes he could use the votes so he's for gay marriage. Whatever, I'm cool with it. Whether or not he goes through with it remains to be seen.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Genius move by Obama, even though I think he's completely full of shit on it. 4 years ago he was against gay marriage. Now he realizes he could use the votes so he's for gay marriage. Whatever, I'm cool with it. Whether or not he goes through with it remains to be seen.

I'm not so sure it was quite that phony.

I mean, it's not like gays were going to vote for Romney anyhow, so Obama didn't have to do anything to win their vote.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I'm not so sure it was quite that phony.

I mean, it's not like gays were going to vote for Romney anyhow, so Obama didn't have to do anything to win their vote.

I don't think so either. But he may have swayed people that didn't plan on voting at all to vote. Or a I know a few people that were on the fence about either candidate that made gay marriage the reason they voted for Barry.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I totally aaaaaaaarrrgree. People pretending to be something they're not really chaps my crab pots, if you know what I mean.

 

[dare2be]

Genius move by Obama, even though I think he's completely full of shit on it. 4 years ago he was against gay marriage. Now he realizes he could use the votes so he's for gay marriage. Whatever, I'm cool with it. Whether or not he goes through with it remains to be seen.

They all do it. Just like Romney's stance on abortion:

Mitt Romney's Constantly Evolving Stance On Abortion Rights | ThinkProgress

 

[forty_three]

I would like the fraud stopped (both individual and corporate), but I'd rather help some people who abuse the system than to stop helping people that actually need it.

True Dat. I know I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that helping hand way back when.

I'm not so sure it was quite that phony.

I mean, it's not like gays were going to vote for Romney anyhow, so Obama didn't have to do anything to win their vote.

I didn't take that whole thing as "YAY FOR GAYS!" so much as I took it as "Hey, got more important shit to worry about than who someone else wants to marry". I get the sense that it really does not matter to him. If they want to, fine. If they don't, fine. Unnecessary argument.

Or to phrase another way:

 

[mattola]