Ep. 395: The NGO-Government Complex

About this episode

The episode discusses the issues of public benefits fraud in Minnesota and the role of government versus nonprofit organizations in providing services.

It’s Minnesota day, again. Before Minneapolis lit politics on fire with immigration-enforcement-related shootings and associated protests and riots, the story from the land of 10,000 lakes was public-benefits fraud, allegations of which surged to public attention alongside memes about the “Quality Learing Center.” But it’s not just a right-wing internet meme or video investigation—Minnesota has a serious, proven problem with millions if not billions of dollars in public money stolen by scammers, most notably the “Feeding Our Future” nonprofit that ripped off the taxpayer instead of feeding children during COVID-19. This raises a question we have raised in our Minnesota discussions before: Should the government, or should nonprofit groups, carry out the role of Big Government? Stephen Eide of the Manhattan Institute joins us to discuss. A Hidden Lesson of the Minnesota Welfare Scandal Mamdani’s NGO Model Army The Union and the Republican Prize Patrol

People in this episode

Guest: Stephen Eide

Topics covered

• NGO
• government
• public benefits fraud
• nonprofit
• COVID-19

Keywords

• Minnesota
• Feeding Our Future
• immigration enforcement
• public money theft

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Feeding Our Future

Places: Minnesota, Minneapolis

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