Minnesota took years to have as much fraud as has been reported, but their relaxed COVID era rules truly fueled the scam.
Different States have used the welfare program Temporaryh Assistance to Needy Families to finance many things other than needy families.
In Massachusetts, taxpayers shouldered $6.8 million in settlements with non-disclosure agreements that State guidelines forbid.
An airport that sees only one flight a month and has no aircraft in its hangars still gets a quarter of a million dollars in funding.
Connecticut paid over $200,000 to a contractor to rewrite an organizational manual and provide training, neither of which was completed.
California spent nearly five million dollars on cell phones for State employees, but most of the phones stayed out of use.
The State of Illinois subsidized its State Fair to the tune of $140 million or more, by robbing other funds and agencies.
A watchdog on government waste now insists that Texas is spending money it no longer needs to spend on border security.
The new California Capitol annex costs $1.1 billion, twice as much as projected, and the excuses are shrouded in secrecy.