This has been going on for a long time. And to add insult to injury, most of the benefits are non-taxable.
https://www.irs.gov/uac/taxable-or-non-taxable-income
And for some states, like California, which is supposedly third in welfare spending, according to the San Diego Union Tribune, the state resides 34% of the welfare recipients in the US with only 12% of the population.
So as you can see, it isn’t that some of the people are getting away with something. It’s the amount that are doing it. So this is why I say it has been going on for a long time.
rwood
And for some states, like California, which is supposedly third in welfare spending, according to the San Diego Union Tribune, the state resides 34% of the welfare recipients in the US with only 12% of the population.”””
Expand those number a bit:
Fully over 61% of the recipients of California welfare are illegals-—and California officials know it.