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Tim Walz’s ‘Free Meals for Kids’ Scheme Handed $250 Million in Taxpayer Money to Fraudsters, 70 People Charged So Far
As Minnesota governor, Democrat vice presidential nominee Tim Walz oversaw a “free meals for kids” scheme that saw a whopping $250 million in taxpayer money handed to fraudsters and blown luxury goods and overseas real estate.
70 people have been charged so far in connection with the fraud scheme since 2022.
The Feeding Our Future program used a quarter-billion in federal tax dollars from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
The federally funded meal assistance plan was meant to help give free meals to eligible children and adults who were struggling due to shutdowns during the pandemic.
However, the federal taxpayer money was instead used to fund the lavish lifestyles of criminals.
In a statement regarding the scandal, Billy Glahn, an adjunct policy fellow with the Minnesota-based Center of the American Experiment, said:
“At least a quarter billion dollars was stolen by fraudsters.
