Katrina Evacuee Imposters Arrested

KSAT News ^ | 9/15/05

[Uncle Joe Cannon]

With so much money sloshing around, this is bound to happen, only on a much larger scale.

What controls do they have in place?

And if the govt. agencies ask too many questions to aid applicants, then the media will say "Fema is dragging its feet!"

[mewzilla]

Why aren't people accepting aid being fingerprinted?

[chicagoray38]

4 reasons Mewxilla, A, C, L, U...:)

[mewzilla]

I've had to do it sometimes when banking. I don't get my knickers in a knot.

[endthematrix]

For what purpose? I didn't know charity required a fingerprint.

[mewzilla]

Federal charity, with the taxpayers' money, should.

[endthematrix]

Like if a warrant was out on them?

[mewzilla]

Wouldn't hurt the Red Cross, either.

[endthematrix]

Why?

[mewzilla]

If it cuts down on this kinda thing, there'd be more money to go around, wouldn't there? And people might be more inclined to donate if they thought their donation wasn't going to be squandered or ripped off.

[chicagoray38]

This has been a knock on the Red Cross since 9-11, the squandering of charitable donations. That was the reason my family and self made donations to the Salvation Army this time around.

[mewzilla]

We donated to the SA, too.

[D-fendr]

I agree with the poster that drew a distinction between charity and taxpayer money. Charity is different.

Just as a welfare receipient has responsibilities of identification, so should the evacuees. Given their special circumstances a fingerprint is a reasonable compromise.

Even if we were to view this as charity, those committing fraud are harming the intended goal - they are depriving those for whom the "charity" is intended.

[endthematrix]

Given the circumstances - with no verifiable ID on one's person, then Re-identification (new ID's) is going to occur. Fingerprinting itself isn't going to do much unless its verified from another database. All the government is going to get is a fingerprint to ADD into a database.

[Gum Shoe]

"And if the govt. agencies ask too many questions to aid applicants, then the media will say "Fema is dragging its feet!"


Or claim discrimination against minorities.

[D-fendr]

Good point. Perhaps its only value is as a "sticker policy" deterrent.

[endthematrix]

Next step: VeriChip?

Chipping away at our freedom (9/15/05)

"Has anybody else been wondering what former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson has been up to since he left his position as U.S. secretary of health and human services earlier this year? It turns out he assumed a position as a director of VeriChip Corp., a division of Florida-based Applied Digital and a leading developer of human implanted microchip technology, also known as radio-frequency identification."

[LaineyDee]

Most people use their SS and DL #'s so much.... especially welfare recipients... that I would immediately suspicious of someone who couldn't "remember" some sort of verifiable ID info.

[Mike Darancette]

It's good to be a victim.