I have several issues with entitlement programs, but this one has me perplexed, and really annoyed! I had an employee working for me in her late 30's. She lived in subsidised housing, with a boyfriend, which of course they were not aware of since she paid very little rent. She came in to work one day with fake nails, hair braid extensions, new expensive tennis shoes, and the list goes on. I ask her if she won the lottery, and she laughed and said "sort of". She went on to say that on a regular basis, she gets student loans for programs she never plans to actually attend. I ask her to elaborate, and essentially it came down to, in a 10 year period she has received 72k in funds, and has to this day never attended one school or class. Why can't these student loans be paid directly to the schools, I hear stories like this all the time. My next pet peave of the day, I called a guy that used to work for me, and said I have a job opening in your area, are you interested? His reply, no, I am drawing unemployment, and with the new extensions, I am going to lay around for a long time, then laughed. I ended the conversation saying, where the hell is your sense of pride! I just wish we could stop all the "lay on your ass, on tax payer dollars" programs! Gotta go now, I actually have a job, and have to get up early in the morning to go to work, and pay for the deadbeats.
Oh yes Douglas, I spent half of an entire day, on my own PTO time calling numerous places to report my concern regarding fraud. After talking to multiple people, in multiple places, I finally reached a person that according to her, "I guess I'm the right person", told me they don't investigate such things. When I asked her why, she said student loans, and where they use them "more or less, go on the honor system". I know it didn't matter, but being the outspoken person I am I had to tell her, that would have worked 40+ years a go, but not now in our current society. Her reply back, "oh well". Figures.
Comments
Sounds about like an Illegal in California.
Have you written to your State and Federal Officials?
Mine have me on their "No fly list." Except for two, with whom I have actually established something akin to real communication.
Good Luck!
Oh yes Douglas, I spent half of an entire day, on my own PTO time calling numerous places to report my concern regarding fraud. After talking to multiple people, in multiple places, I finally reached a person that according to her, "I guess I'm the right person", told me they don't investigate such things. When I asked her why, she said student loans, and where they use them "more or less, go on the honor system". I know it didn't matter, but being the outspoken person I am I had to tell her, that would have worked 40+ years a go, but not now in our current society. Her reply back, "oh well". Figures.
Thanks Again LBJ!
It is disgusting is it not?
Have you considered reporting her for fraud?