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Originally Posted by powerclown
Look, I'm not saying its a pandemic here, all I'm saying is I used to see it all the time. I don't know if they were scamming welfare, slinging dope, teaching history at UofM Ann Arbor, working the midnight shift on the line or doing corporate accounting on the 35th floor of the RenCen. You tell me how someone can afford a $50k car to go with their $75k house, or maybe thats why we're in the financial crisis we're in right now?
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Very good point .... SEE POST BELOW
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hmmm must have been a bug. I work in the hood, the only people driving cars more than probably $10K are known drug dealers in the neighborhood. Even the Yuppies (if still called that) who own because taxes are low and housing was cheap, drive cheap cars because they know they will be stolen or ransacked.
So, I really would like to know how people in section 8 housing or wityh minimum wage jobs own houses worth $50K and drive $75K cars. Maybe we need to check welfare reform or enforce the laws.
I know my grandma lives in subsidized housing and rent is 1/3 of her income, plus interest from the bank, plus any property of value like a car or so on. If she shows a huge withdrawal (for her account) in a one years time they question her as to why. (She helped me at times during my addiction and helped me buy my pizza place) When she told them it was for a relative, they gave her credit for a certain amount but still charged her that year as though the rest was accruing interest. That was between 1994 and when she had given it all away to my mom, sister and I.
Yet, in the same elderly complex people would drive brand new Volvos and so on and pay very little, they would brag at card night on Mondays. Plus, some of the people on disability would be under 65 and have large screen tvs, very nice cars and so on.
Fraud is fraud no matter what class or level it comes from.
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weird now posts are all screwy and out of order......