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Glenn Grothman: “If you let the federal government do anything, there'll be…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 15:06

I think a conclusion that ought to be dealt with once you get done looking at fraud for food stamps or fraud for Medicaid or fraud for earned income tax credit, is that If you let the federal government do anything, there'll be tons of fraud in it. And the less of these programs, the better. Doesn't mean that people can't be helped. But the people should be helped by either private charity or they should be helped by state and local governments. (15:06–15:11)

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Asserts that federal government programs are prone to significant fraud.

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