1/ We have a major investigation into Maximus, a company massively profiting off Trump's war on the poor motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
2/ Maximus is the biggest contractor that administers things like work requirement and means testing for SNAP (food stamps) and public assistance. Trump and the GOP want to roll out ever more onerous requirements to millions of Americans. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
3/ The company got its initial traction during Clinton-era workfare programs. But that's nothing compared to today's bonanza motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
4/ @TMMcMillan did HEROIC digging into this company's long and tangled paper trail. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
5/ It will not shock you that a company that makes its money trying to make poor people jump through hoops is Kafkaesque motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
6/ Like the "welfare-to-work" programs before it, the plans that Maximus administers don't seem to do much to help people find work, but rather punish them for being poor and kicking them out of food stamp and Medicaid. Oh, and are super racist motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
7/ Lest you think this move to means test won't apply to you, consider how broadly the Trump administration is trying to draw the boundaries of "welfare" motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
8/ Also, just as with voting, the GOP is fanning fears of all-but-nonexistent "fraud" to kick people who qualify for Medicaid or food stamps off the rolls motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
9/ Except that with bogus claims of voter fraud, there's no straight up profit. Policing bogus claims of benefit fraud, however, means beaucoup bucks for Maximus: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
10/ These guys get fat motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
11/ You know how the GOP loves to talk about saving money and cutting red tape? Companies like Maximus exist only to CREATE red tape and regulations. But those are on the poor, so no biggie. (Also, Mike Pence has an outsized role here) : motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
12/ Maximus doesn't really help people. It just skims money off an apparatus designed to punish the poor, and privatize government functions. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
13/ So I've hit some highlights. But you should read this entire investigation by @TMMcMillan and produced with @theIFUND. Because pushing back against this kind of bogus policing of benefits is going to be a major battle for the next two years: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
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