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   too," said Eddy Tanaka, director of the   
   *   Los Angelos County Department of Public Social Services.   
   *   
   *   "We will not share the fingerprints with the police or any other government   
   *   agency."   
   *   
   *   Intrigued by Los Angelos County's program, the New York Legislature   
   *   authorized an identical fingerprint program.   
      
      
   #   "Proposal Links Fingerprint Plan and Albany's Medicaid Help"   
   #   By James C. McKinley Jr, The New York Times, 1994?   
   #   
   #   Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the majority leader of the State Senate   
   #   have agreed to a plan linking Medicaid with a plan to fingerprint welfare   
   #   recipients.   
   #   
   #   Later in the day Mr. Giuliani said he would favor allowing law-enforcement   
   #   agencies access to the fingerprint records of welfare recipients.   
   #   
   #   "You wouldn't want any criminals getting welfare."   
      
   So, we'll fingerprint welfare recipients like criminals? Instead of asking   
   for utility bills and leases in their name to prove residency?   
      
   Other states are following suit...Pennsylvania, Florida...   
      
      
   *   "A Test for Welfare Fraud Is Expanded to Families"   
   *   By Esther B. Fein, The New York Times, 11/11/95   
   *   
   *   New York State is sharply increasing the number of people it electronically   
   *   fingerprints to detect welfare fraud past the 285,000 single adult program   
   *   to more than 453,000 recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children.   
   *   
   *   Of the 220,193 people electronically fingerprinted as of Nov. 9, only 146   
   *   were found to have registered for duplicate benefits. New York State   
   *   officials said they didn't expect to find many cases of fraud. [What???]   
   *   "We are just using a new tool to help comply with Federal regulations   
   *   prohibiting us from giving duplicate benefits."   
   *   
   *   The program is costing the state $1   
      
      
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