Sweden's Social Welfare System Up Close
In the US, most social welfare recipients are lower income people. Economists are noticing, that in Sweden, quite the opposite is true. From high school principals, to city mayors, to healthcare officials, everyone is finding themselves as welfare beneficiaries. Sweden makes it a point to build an aid system where everyone contributes and everyone benefits.
Studies reveal that public schooling is free, school lunches are free, and university and post-graduate studies are free. These are benefits that are not at all available in the United States. Another outstanding benefit they receive through their omniscient social welfare system is a pension for retirement so citizens do not have to save up before they plan to retire. These advantages are things the US never sees and probably never will see.
The reason Sweden and the US are so different stems from the amount of tax money being given to the government. The people of Sweden understand the benefits that will come from the amount of taxes. This is something the United States, in my opinion, will never be able to understand. They will always live in the fear of taxes and forever miss out on the benefits that could occur.
Monday, November 24, 2014
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31 Arrested in Orange County Welfare Fraud Sweep- Time Warner Cable News
31 Arrested in Orange County Welfare Fraud Sweep
31 people have been arrested in the Orange County area for social welfare fraud. Orange County authorities recently began a harsher crack down on the citizens suspected of fraud and the harder investigation paid off with the 31 arrests. "Social Welfare is not chicken feed," says the Orange County Police Sheriff. Authorities say that this will not happen anymore.
The Orange County Sheriff announces that this wasn't a small sum of taxpayer money, like a couple hundred dollars. This was upwards to 400,000 dollars stolen from taxpayers. The 31 men and women were found defrauding Medicare, public assistance, food stamps, and day care programs. Just finding these many cases took several months and in depth planning, but Orange County is not about to stop the hunt on fraud.
There are more cases of fraud than we really can handle in the US and it's a big problem, financially, for our economy. Maybe the more frequent cases aren't as severe as stealing 400,000 dollars, but there is a large amount of people who abuse the welfare system. While I believe welfare is something this country needs to have, I also believe that a solution needs to be found to prevent future abuse in such a large and impactful way.
31 people have been arrested in the Orange County area for social welfare fraud. Orange County authorities recently began a harsher crack down on the citizens suspected of fraud and the harder investigation paid off with the 31 arrests. "Social Welfare is not chicken feed," says the Orange County Police Sheriff. Authorities say that this will not happen anymore.
The Orange County Sheriff announces that this wasn't a small sum of taxpayer money, like a couple hundred dollars. This was upwards to 400,000 dollars stolen from taxpayers. The 31 men and women were found defrauding Medicare, public assistance, food stamps, and day care programs. Just finding these many cases took several months and in depth planning, but Orange County is not about to stop the hunt on fraud.
There are more cases of fraud than we really can handle in the US and it's a big problem, financially, for our economy. Maybe the more frequent cases aren't as severe as stealing 400,000 dollars, but there is a large amount of people who abuse the welfare system. While I believe welfare is something this country needs to have, I also believe that a solution needs to be found to prevent future abuse in such a large and impactful way.
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