Welfare fraud and abuse is not fantasy.
There is much truth and fact to back up the claim.
Several weeks ago I was at Aldi’s, Tradder Joe's in some areas, it is a low cost off label food store.
I was buying a few items, the woman behind m, unable to speak English, was with a kid around 11 or 12. She was speaking the language of peace. I paid for my food with cash. She then paid with her food with the EBT card, food stamps in Ohio. Bad enough that a woman in a head scarf, unable to speak English, and obviously NOT a citizen buys food on my dime.
Worst part as I was packing my groceries she was putting hers into her brand new 2010 Lexus SUV.
She can't afford her own groceries, but she can buy a $65,000 automobile.
One thing to keep in mind -
the “compassionate” left doesn’t care how many people are defrauding the system,
“as long as everyone that needs help gets it”.
They’d feel differently if they had any ownership in the creation of the wealth that was being stolen.
How about we concentrate on the eliminating useless programs/personnel/bureaus and offices?
What’s forgotten in this ‘cut the waste’ meme is that we are still leaving the bloated welfare state intact... just more efficient.