Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

can you have credit cards and be on welfare and not get in trouble?

Credit Trouble
nick asked:


well can you have some american express cards and a lot of department stores credit cards and be on welfare at the same time and not getin trouble? is it illegal? can you go to jail? if so for how long? how will they find out?

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6 Responses to “can you have credit cards and be on welfare and not get in trouble?”

Rick B Says:
December 31st, 2009 at 12:20 am

Why do you think that is illegal?

Someone on welfare can charge items and then pay the bill just as someone not on welfare can do.

Now if they are charging and not paying it off, they are digging themselves into a hole, but that has nothing to do with welfare.

rfogle63@sbcglobal.net Says:
January 1st, 2010 at 3:58 am

Get a job and you won’t be living off of the honest people trying to make a living. while people on welfare are living off of our dollar…

Tracy M Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:20 am

You will get in trouble…you are deceiving someone somewhere to have an Amex card but be on welfare. Yes, it is illegal and when (not if) you get caught you can go to jail. it is fraud. THese things are tracked by both the government and credit card companies…you will eventually get caught.

Traci Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:47 pm

Having the cards isn’t illegal, it’s if you lie on your application form that’s the problem. Don’t bite off more than you can chew, it’s not worth it in the long run.

curious115 Says:
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm

how very strange. to the best of my knowledge welfare payments are not indigenous to wealth. so how would one go about paying such cards? that answer may border on fraud. also, the cash available on the cards, could be an asset, and that’s fraud. The cards in and of themselves are not criminal.

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January 4th, 2010 at 7:14 pm

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