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On the Myths of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

On the Myths of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
2017
New America
Author(s): 
Alysha Alani, Aleta Sprague
On the Myths of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
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Level of Government
Federal/National
Location
United States
Format
Non-Academic Article

Though the rhetoric of “waste, fraud, and abuse” is ubiquitous when it comes to welfare programs, low-income households receive little relief from benefits programs. Most efforts to make public benefits systems more “efficient” actually just waste time and money in practice. They instead serve to stigmatize low-income families and chip away at the little assistance that remains available to them.