MG>I don't know about Canada, but in the US welfare fraud has > always been peanuts compared to corporate fraud of the government. Here too. Doctors don't defraud (I believe) because the system doesn't work that way, otherwise, yes. But perhaps the obvious example to set against benefit fraud is tax evasion, which is massively bigger. >btw, we haven't had a report on what's happening on Theoria in a long time. perhaps no-one here's a member?! I Judy Evans, Cardiff ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Geary To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 11:31 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: [lit-id] The Poverty of Heritage I don't know about Canada, but in the US welfare fraud has always been peanuts compared to corporate fraud of the government. And no profession seems above it. Doctors defraud Medicare and Medicaid to the tune of billions, military contractors defraud the government to the tune of hundreds of billions, housing contractors defraud HUD of billions every year, it just goes on and on, often with the connivance of government officials. The poor are very poor defrauders of government, even with though they number in the millions, they can't approach the damage done by the wealthy defrauders. Halliburton and KRB eat the poor for breakfast and write it off as entertainment. btw, we haven't had a report on what's happening on Theoria in a long time. Are they celebrating the conviction of Lay and Skelling? : ) Mike Geary Memphis