OE's example illustrates the difference between the free, good, and charitable society America was up until the Progressive era and the entitlement/statist society we have become since.
Neighbors are much better at preventing fraud than bureaucrats... who have the perverse incentive of needing more recipients (even the frauds) for job security.
Neighbors are much better at preventing fraud than bureaucrats... who have the perverse incentive of needing more recipients (even the frauds) for job security.