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**Major investigation into Maximus, a company massively profiting off Trump's war on the poor
MotherJones - major investigation into Maximus, a company massively profiting off Trump's war on the poor
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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.
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
3/ The company got its initial traction during Clinton-era workfare programs. But that's nothing compared to today's bonanza
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
4/ @TMMcMillan did HEROIC digging into this company's long and tangled paper trail.
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
5/ It will not shock you that a company that makes its money trying to make poor people jump through hoops is Kafkaesque
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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"
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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:
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
10/ These guys get fat
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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) :
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
12/ Maximus doesn't really help people. It just skims money off an apparatus designed to punish the poor, and privatize government functions.
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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:
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
14/ This was a major feature in the issue out on newsstands now. Your support helps us make this kind of deep dive into a little known massive effort to overhaul poverty programs:
15/ If this kind of reporting is important to you, consider helping me make my goal of getting 500 of you to become $5-a-month sustaining donors. And you can give one-time here too. TAX DEDUCTIBLE NON-PROFIT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, PEOPLE
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
3/ The company got its initial traction during Clinton-era workfare programs. But that's nothing compared to today's bonanza
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
4/ @TMMcMillan did HEROIC digging into this company's long and tangled paper trail.
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
5/ It will not shock you that a company that makes its money trying to make poor people jump through hoops is Kafkaesque
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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"
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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:
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
10/ These guys get fat
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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) :
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
12/ Maximus doesn't really help people. It just skims money off an apparatus designed to punish the poor, and privatize government functions.
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
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:
How one company is making millions off Trump's war on the poor
President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That's extremely punitive for them—but highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/how-one-company-is-making-millions-off-trumps-war-on-the-poor/
14/ This was a major feature in the issue out on newsstands now. Your support helps us make this kind of deep dive into a little known massive effort to overhaul poverty programs:
15/ If this kind of reporting is important to you, consider helping me make my goal of getting 500 of you to become $5-a-month sustaining donors. And you can give one-time here too. TAX DEDUCTIBLE NON-PROFIT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, PEOPLE
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