"But there are always going to be people who take advantage of public programs."

Like the auto industry, the airline industry, the energy industries, the banking industry...

I'm going to make a wild guess, that no welfare slut has ever ripped off the government as much as Neil Bush did in the savings and loan debacle during the Reagan/Bush I years. Or Kenneth Lay, or...

Why even if you added up all the fraud ever committed by welfare sluts and cheats, I'll be the total doesn't even come close to the billions the captains of industry and government have stolen from the public.