Charity Fraud

[nhboy]

"Could a well-intentioned government program become a cash machine for businessmen bent on enriching themselves at the expense of the disabled? In 1971, Congress created a program to channel federal contracts to charities that train and employ workers who are blind or have severe disabilities. Known as JWOD (named after the law that created it, the Javits-Wagner-O'Day act), it eventually came to have a $2 billion dollar budget. But no one, it appears, was keeping track of where that money was going, until journalists from The Oregonian decided to have a look. What they found was abuse of the system and anemic oversight resulting in a massive bilking of taxpayers and precious few jobs for the genuinely disabled. (Updated Program)"

Interesting investigative reporting. Not for anyone suffering from time constraints or attention deficit, its a three part video presentation.

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[BS Gal]

I kind of wish you'd quit funking up the forums. PMSBS Gal is slowly working her way to the forums this week. Right now she is trying to be nice.