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July 24th, 2014

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Thursday, July 24th, 2014 12:50 am
Как проверяют данные обращающихся за субсидиями в Обамакере:

Undercover investigators from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) spent some time this year attempting to see if it would be possible to get subsidies using false application information. They set up fake names and Social Security numbers that aren’t real, then claimed citizenship or legal residence, according to the AP, which obtained an early copy of the GAO report. They submitted applications with income amounts that should have been too high to get subsidies. In other words, they fed the system blatantly fraudulent information that should have been swiftly rejected.

But the majority of their attempts were successful anyway (the AP says 11 of 18; The New York Times reports 11 of 12). Indeed, the agency is still paying its share of the premiums on those accounts, because the Obama administration, which certified the validity of its subsidy verification system, just a few months ago, hasn’t caught on to the fraudulent accounts yet.

The GAO did not rely on complex schemes or trickery. Instead, they called, or went online, and worked through the application process. Of the six telephone attempts that the agency attempted, five went through. The lone rejection occurred when the GAO investigator refused to supply a Social Security number at all. Several attempts that were initially blocked online were later approved over the phone.

TLDR: Никак.
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Thursday, July 24th, 2014 10:37 pm
Typical:

In this week’s “Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t” file: A Southern California couple received a letter from Glendora city officials threatening to fine them $500 if they don’t get their sun-scorched brown lawn green again, reports AP. Which Laura Whitney and Michael Korte would gladly do, except for one thing: They could also be fined $500 if they water their lawn too much; they're currently only watering twice a week. With more than 80% of California in an extreme drought, according to the Los Angeles Times, the state water board voted this week to implement emergency conservation plans and gave the OK to fine water wasters up to $500 a day. As the board’s chairwoman noted, "A brown lawn should be a badge of honor because it shows you care about your community."