Mike’s right. This is why our budget cuts funding for Michigan State University’s illegal alien welfare scams. We will NOT support cash handouts for illegal aliens with no strings attached and no verification. Fraudulent schemes like that take money out of our pocket and literally pay illegal aliens to come to Michigan and live off our taxpayers. There is too much waste, fraud, and abuse in the budget, and I’m going to get rid of it.
We’re also tightening enforcement to crack down on Medicaid fraud and make sure benefits aren’t being misused. Dead people on the rolls, lottery winners cashing in, out of state schemes. It’s happening right now, and it's all wrong. Taxpayer money should ONLY go to the people who actually need our help. My plan would make that the LAW.
I’m glad to see more people calling this out. We need a governor who’s ready to work with us to protect taxpayer dollars and restore some common sense. We're fighting hard to give people better value for their tax dollars, and we won’t stop.
NEW AD: Rampant waste, fraud, and abuse is ANOTHER tax on hardworking Michiganders.
I know because as Attorney General, I charged 55 illegal aliens in a major Medicaid fraud scheme that led to the recovery of more $350 million in Medicaid fraud that I returned to taxpayers and led to numerous criminal prosecutions and convictions.
I did this while cutting my own office staff size by 20% and returning money to taxpayers every year.
Now we know today that fraudulent programs like Rx Kids are giving DIRECT cash payments to illegal immigrants, and Whitmer requested $20 million more for that program in her latest budget.
Anyone can talk about DOGE-ing waste, fraud, and abuse, but I have actually done it! As your Governor, I will find every bit of it, eliminate it, and put that money back in the pockets of hardworking Michiganders!