Things have gotten so bad, they're reduced to impersonating the poor:

An award-winning Elvis impersonator who has appeared at the Lake George Elvis Festival may be singing the "Jailhouse Rock" after police said he was also pretending to need welfare benefits.

Joseph E. Ramsey and his wife, Angela Ramsey, both 33, of 25 Larose St. Apartment E5 in Glens Falls were charged with welfare fraud after the Warren County Sheriff's Office said they did not accurately report all of Joseph's income as an Elvis tribute artist while receiving food stamps and Medicaid.