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re: When does charity become enabling?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:37 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:37 am to tigerinthebueche
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I'm not suggesting we should deny aid to those who really need it, but are we doing more harm than good if we collectively always donate to people what they arguably should be doing for themselves?
While a lot of people bitch and moan about the "free lunch" (no pun intended
) for the poverty stricken, only a small amount of fraud is evident in those programs for schools. My ex's neighbor was the Director equivalent of the HHS for Houston Independent School District and I asked her the very same question and she said it fraud was negligible at best. I figured it would be a lot more to be honest.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:42 am to idlewatcher
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While a lot of people bitch and moan about the "free lunch" (no pun intended ) for the poverty stricken, only a small amount of fraud is evident in those programs for schools.
There's little fraud because there's little fraud to be committed. There will be more than a few school districts where every student receives a free lunch regardless of income this year.
To the OP, there is always the potential for enabling with almost every act of charity. And there's unintended consequences. People often perform to the lowest common denominator or they perform down to the expectation of them. Parents who would've provided breakfast for their kids may now send them off to school to get a free breakfast (to stay with the school meal theme) simply because it's there.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 10:40 am to idlewatcher
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My ex's neighbor was the Director equivalent of the HHS for Houston Independent School District and I asked her the very same question and she said it fraud was negligible at best. I figured it would be a lot more to be honest.
I think that free school lunches probably ARE one of the more fraud free programs out there, but as a head of a school district, I would not trust her opinion on this matter. Have an external auditor review the records and then tell us that the fraud level is negligible.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 11:19 am
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