Foundation for Government Accountability

05/29/2026

Food stamps are accepted at 250,000+ retailers — including smoke shops and liquor stores.

Taxpayers foot $90 billion a year for that! But under the leadership of USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the rules were just tightened.

FGA's Averel Meden for Washington Examiner.

Earlier this month, the Department of Agriculture strengthened the stocking standards for food stamp retailers — the kind of reform this program has needed.

05/24/2026

200,000 HUD tenants have never had their eligibility verified.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans sit on housing waitlists stretching a decade or more.

This is what 30 years of the federal government ignoring its own law looks like.

And Trump is ending it! READ: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/19/thousands_of_illegal_aliens_live_in_taxpayer-funded_housing_trump_is_ending_it_154133.html

05/21/2026

Blue state governors are about to send billions of education dollars to red states.

Not by choice. Out of blind political spite.

And it's students that will suffer the most.

FGA BLOG ⤵️

Blue states that opt out of the new federal tax credit scholarship program will send billions of dollars to students in red states.

05/10/2026

A professor. A celebrity barber. An NFL player.

All driving six-figure luxury cars. All on food stamps.

Fraud by design!

OUR RESEARCH ⤵

From fake emails to luxury vehicles, food stamp fraud is rampant. States must roll back BBCE and implement program integrity measures now.

05/08/2026

One can only imagine the gnashing of teeth in the CNN newsroom.

05/07/2026

Governor Katie Hobbs just vetoed $1.45 BILLION in tax relief for Arizona workers!

Then she walked away from the negotiating table.

Tipped workers, overtime earners, and working families are paying the price.

Our full statement:

FGA calls on Governor Hobbs to return to negotiations and stop blocking tax relief for Arizona workers after vetoing the state budget.

05/05/2026

FGA is proud to present State Senator Heather Cloud with our Legislative Champion Award!

Senator Cloud sponsored and passed S.B. 130, landmark legislation to clean up waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid and protect benefits for the truly needy in Louisiana.

05/03/2026

For years, the Left said welfare fraud was a myth.

Then came Minnesota's Medicaid scandal. California's hospice fraud. Rhode Island. Nebraska. Alabama.

It was all ignored by the Left on purpose. But states can do something about it.

FGA's team has been making the case nationwide in the media for weeks. ⤵

Welfare fraud runs rampant in every state. See FGA's latest op-eds and news features on how states can crack down and protect taxpayers.

05/02/2026

500,000 people caught collecting duplicate food stamp benefits.

244,000 dead people on the rolls.

895 arrests.

And that's just in the cooperating red states!

The Ingraham Angle featured our research with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and actions being taken to fight this FRAUD.

04/23/2026

🚨 $1.4 TRILLION!

That's how much Biden added in regulatory costs to our economy in his final full year alone.

President Trump has hit reverse on this crazy roller coaster.

Now, federal lawmakers should require congressional approval for ALL major regulations: https://thefga.org/research/only-congress-can-stop-the-regulation-roller-coaster

04/19/2026

🚨 Millionaires and lottery winners collecting food stamps?

You heard that right! Under a massive federal loophole, it's possible—and it happens. This is fraud by design.

Protect the truly needy. Save taxpayer dollars. It's time to end Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility.

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