Government abuse comes in many forms.  

By all means document your cases of people abusing the system; that will help persuade the politicians to stop/not exercising the states' inherent power to regulate health, safety, and welfare (incidentally, most states in the South and Appalachia have banned snake handling in churches.

So he paid off his home in Milwaukee WI in less than 10 years on a bus driver salary and my Grandma working at Gimbles.