Minnesota's Newest Social Welfare Program Is the Next Big Fraud Waiting to Happen
Amy Curtis | December 03, 2025 12:45 PM
"Minnesota nice" was always a nod to the region's Germanic-Nordic-Scandinavian heritage, where stoicism, modesty, and social restraint are prized. It's also that heritage that drove Minnesota to provide robust social programs and welfare to state residents.
The problem is that the state was then overrun with illegal immigrants from Somalia, a culture opposed to everything "Minnesota nice." Couple that with the woke insanity of the state's Democrats, and it quickly became a costly recipe for disaster. Several state welfare programs, including Feeding Our Future, housing programs, and Medicaid, have become hotbeds of fraud. That fraud has cost Minnesota taxpayers billions, led to the death of at least one vulnerable man, and sponsored Islamic terrorism in Somalia.
That fraud was also known and was likely aided by Governor Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison.
The state hasn't gotten that problem under control, but starting on January 1, 2026, it will hand fraudsters another massive program they can scam for billions.
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