InfluenceWatch Podcast #395: The NGO-Government Complex

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.

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• The Atlantic: A Hidden Lesson of the Minnesota Welfare Scandal
• City Journal: Mamdani’s NGO Model Army
• Capital Research Center: The Union and the Republican Prize Patrol