[sweetliberty]

"Hope there are some kind of checks on all the money handed out."

There is a process they have to go through here. I'm sure a few bad apples will slip through, but you can't turn your back on the innocent in need because a handful may not be deserving.

"He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matt. 5:45)

The ones I've talked to in person left me with no doubt in my mind. They have a kind of disoriented detachment about them. Hard to describe.

[Sacajaweau]

You're right...There are always scammers around. Please take note, that a few hours after "America's Most Wanted", (last night), they picked up a dude who had scammed people after the Florida Hurricane.

In the construction business, he took the money and ran. He was picked up not too far from where I live in Upstate New York.