Texas Senator Ted Cruz recently condemned the welfare fraud in Minnesota, stating, “The Democrats have skin in the game of keeping this fraud—this is the largest fraud ever recorded, over $9 billion stolen from the taxpayers and sent to Somalians.” While conservatives like Cruz are trying to blame Democrats for the rampant fraud, they are…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 6, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. An editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times decries a proposal to cut food stamps, stating, It’s easy to attack the idea of people living off food stamps when they could get a job instead. But it’s not that simple. It is…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 2, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. An investigation by The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN found that many clinics in California are grossly over billing the government under the Medicaid program, and promptly receiving payments for fictitious patients. As one example, investigators counted 30 patients…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on October 2, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. Earlier this week Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg provided us with a look into the state’s food stamp program. Texas isn’t coming close to meeting federal requirements to process food stamp applications within a month. Last month, about 38,000 new…