As Minnesota is set to launch another massive welfare program, this time in the form of paid medical leave, critics have been warning that this is yet another massive fraud scandal waiting to happen. As we told you last week, there are a few actual guardrails in the program that will catch and stop fraud. There is a website portal to report fraud, but that’s contingent on the government following up on said reports.
Now there’s a very real, very obvious loophole that a lifelong Minnesotan is pointing out: people who have jobs, but have extended time off (like teachers) can still get paid leave even if they’re not working.
Incredible. Simply incredible.
There are roughly 57,000 teachers in Minnesota public schools. If even 10 percent of them applied for this leave, that would be 5,700 teachers per year at $14,589. That alone costs taxpayers more than $83 million per year.
Good luck, taxpayers.
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