Don't let this scandal get lost. Totally outrageous use of welfare block-grant funds in Mississippi: tens of millions that should've gone to needy families instead for "lobbyists, football tickets, religious concerts & fitness programs for state lawmakers"
nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/…
nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/…
"The money also enriched celebrities with Mississippi ties, among them Brett Favre, a former NFL quarterback whose Favre Enterprises was paid $1.1 million by a nonprofit group that received the welfare funds. The payments were for speaking engagements that Favre did not attend."
"Other large sums went to a family of pro wrestlers whose flamboyant patriarch, Ted DiBiase, earned national fame performing as the 'Million Dollar Man.'...The state auditor called the findings 'the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers.'”
"Mississippi Republican lawmakers concerned about the misuse of federal funds have enacted safeguards to prevent fraud by potential welfare recipients. A ThinkProgress article found that in 2016, only 167 of 11,700 Mississippi families who applied for TANF payment were approved."
