Billions Stolen: Why Government Doesn’t Crack Down on Fraud
February 10, 20266m 4s
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Show Notes
Welfare programs rush money out the door, without carefully checking who gets it, and whether they deserve to get it.
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Fraud in Minnesota is in the news… but the problem is every state!
Why is it so easy to steal? The system is designed that way.
“You’re measuring the success by the amount of money you put out” says fraud expert Andrew McClenahan, of the United Council on Welfare Fraud.
The United States, he says, is “the easiest game in town.”
One reason is that state politicians aren’t so eager to crack down on fraud because local voters collect, while federal taxpayers pay.
In this video, we show how bad incentives, not just bad actors, turn America into fraud nation.
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