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| Zeus 08/12/20 2:28:34 AM #22: | wwinterj25 posted... So what happens if you have enough money to get by from the government but they pay you more than you actually need as your situation is different from others. See: Fraud. The government evaluates claims based on your need. If you're not reporting your situation correctly, you're going to get overpaid. Again, this is something specific to normal benefits, not something like unemployment which is meant to cover a portion of your lost wages (and it usually comes up way, way short) wwinterj25 posted... Can folk on benefits even give money back? If you know that you're being overpaid, legally you're required to. The odds of you actually getting in trouble for it are low because the records are wrong on their side wwinterj25 posted... If they can that's news to me but let's be honest nobody would do that. Well, if they had ethics, they'd be working(well, barring the severely disabled). If somebody is already exploiting the system, they're not going to feel any compunction to act honestly. Not to mention that the system often encourages them to act amorally, like during the 90s when states hired professionals to help their unemployed get onto federal disability (and thus off the state's hands). --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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