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Today’s interview with Shad White tells the tale of a shameless scandal in Mississippi’s welfare program. Shocking stuff to be sure, but it also serves as a reminder that when fraud happens in government entitlement programs, most often the “cheaters” are executives and managers, not undeserving poor families gaming the system, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Statistics are hard to find, but if you’re looking for a real culprit in welfare waste, check out good ol’ bureaucratic incompetence. Audits and lots of inspector general reports by the Health and Human Services find “improper payment” levels from 20 to 40 percent in state welfare (TANF) programs. And while they specify that those improprieties mean “errors, abuse, and fraud,” a careful study of the reports reveals “eligibility, payment calculation, or documentation errors” not intentional fraud by beneficiaries. So, all that scaremongering about “welfare queens” and the like is just that: racist and mean spirited. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eDBeKyEC

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