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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 09:40 AM Jan 2014

Sunspot Johnson's pants on fire: Testing Ron Johnson claim of 20% to 25% fraud in public assistance

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/jan/20/ron-johnson/fraud-claims-20-25-cents-every-1-spent-four-govern/


On average, 20 to 25 cents of every $1 spent on four government assistance programs is lost to fraud, Sen. Ron Johnson says

"Do you realize the average rate of fraud," Johnson asked, "whether it's in the Earned Income Tax Credit or Medicare or Medicaid, across the board, food stamps -- the average rate of fraud in those programs is 20 to 25 percent?"

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For a claim that is false and ridiculous, we give Johnson a Pants on Fire.
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Sunspot Johnson's pants on fire: Testing Ron Johnson claim of 20% to 25% fraud in public assistance (Original Post) Scuba Jan 2014 OP
Too bad his brain synapses so seldom fire. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #1
How long before Fox runs with this falsehood? EOM tiredtoo Jan 2014 #2
Yup and its the takers doing the taking madokie Jan 2014 #3

madokie

(51,076 posts)
3. Yup and its the takers doing the taking
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:23 AM
Jan 2014

it isn't the poor that's guilty of medicare or medicaid fraud.

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