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Ben Ferguson: “It's the biggest fraud in welfare and it just talks about…”

Featuring: Ben Ferguson, Conservative | Talk Show Host | National

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Christ Is Born, America Is Working: Christmas Hope, Jobs Booming & Welfare Fraud Exposed

Published | Video Starts at 27:07

We were talking about the fraud there, but the Wall Street Journal came out with a very interesting report and I think it's worth us taking a moment to talk about it. It's the biggest fraud in welfare and it just talks about how much abuse there is in the welfare system that's costing hundreds of billions of dollars to American taxpayers. Well, and in particular what it talks about is bogus bookkeeping. That covers it up. And this is an op ed that was written by Phil Graham and John Early. (27:07–27:19)

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Claims that welfare fraud is costing hundreds of billions of dollars to American taxpayers.

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