Minnesota: 'New day' for fraud, waste accountability, top sleuth says

pioneer press ^ | 9-19-11 | Martiga Lohn

[WOBBLY BOB]

With a two-year budget of more than $22 billion in state and federal funds, the Human Services Department is involved in the lives of more than a million Minnesotans who rely on state programs for health care, food support, welfare, mental health treatment, home care, nursing homes and child care aid. The agency also licenses 24,000 medical and social service providers.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Minnesota's AG will not allow any real fraud investigations of welfare cheat. IOW, I'll believe it when I see some people go to jail.

[driftdiver]

Accoring to the census bureau the state has 5,303,925 residents. So 20% of them live off the state.

wow

Any wonder criminals are attracted to this cash cow.

[WOBBLY BOB]

The Food-Stamp Crime Wave

The number of food-stamp recipients has soared to 44 million from 26 million in 2007. Not surprisingly, fraud and abuse are rampant..Millionaires are now legally entitled to collect food stamps as long as they have little or no monthly income. Thirty-five states have abolished asset tests for most food-stamp recipients. These and similar “paperwork reduction” reforms advocated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are turning the food-stamp program into a magnet for abuses and absurdities.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304657804576401412033504294.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

From the USDA website : “Thirty-five states have abolished asset test”