Reply #105: She may be abusing the system, BUT

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making it impossible for someone like this to scam a few hundred dollars in food stamps cannot be done without making it hard (or impossible) for a lot of people who really need food stamps to get them.

That's just a fact of public policy - anything that helps the poor will get abused by a few folks who are not poor. Anything that tightens the screws on abuse will screw honest people who are not abusing the system.

Personally, if someone is making enough money to buy a Lexus and still feels the need to scam food stamps, I would guess they have a few screws loose. I mean, a dishonest person can make a whole lot more in writing bad checks than in cheating welfare.