Ferrari drivers on food stamps — how states help scammers game welfare

Tamara Ceaikovski

What do a university professor, a celebrity barber and a professional football player have in common? All three bought new, six-figure luxury sports cars and lived lavish lifestyles — while collecting food stamps. How on earth can these “welfare recipients” purchase high-end vehicles while remaining on the dole ? Thanks to a federal loophole known as Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility. The Clinton administration manufactured this loophole, and the Obama administration supercharged it.

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