[VanDeKoik]

“Mr. Cuomo said many New Yorkers eligible for the federal food stamp program did not receive them in part because of the stigma associated with being fingerprinted.”

getting food stamps and being a burden on taxpayer = No stigma.

Getting fingerprinted to get food stamps = Stigma????

[JimWayne]

Buried deep within the article: "The state still requires fingerprints from applicants for welfare, a practice started by Mr. Cuomo’s father, Mario M. Cuomo, when he was governor."

He probably did it to give a contract to someone or to "generate jobs" for some bureaucrat. Apart from that, the action makes no difference one way or the other.

[traditional1]

There's a REASON that people are opposed to Finger-Print ID, just as there's a REASON that Photo ID is screamed about "dis-enfranchising the poor", etc.

It's because of FRAUD, pure-and-simple, and anyone who thinks otherwise is NOT applying the common sense they were born with.

Why is IDENTIFICATION ALWAYS opposed by the Democrats, if not for fear they will lose votes, donors, etc., etc. when their FRAUD is discovered, OR, their criminal outstanding Warrants or Convictions are shown?

[mass55th]

"Getting fingerprinted to get food stamps = Stigma????"

Ive been required to give my thumb print in order to take New York State Civil Service tests. Maybe I can claim stigma.

[Postman]

I guess New Yiork State no longer requires that its employees be fingerprinted then...../???

[Postman]

I guess New York State no longer requires that its employees be fingerprinted then...../???