Friday, November 19, 2021

Why are there not riots in the streets?-----Rewarding every combination of incompetence and theft?-----How Michigan's UIA shrugged off a $4 billion mistake | Michigan | thecentersquare.com

How Michigan's UIA shrugged off a $4 billion mistake | Michigan | thecentersquare.com
"(The Center Square) – When an audit found that Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) paid out nearly $4 billion in ineligible claims, the agency acknowledged “some errors were made.”
...“The agency had two choices: 
  • Either get the money out the door as soon as possible 
  • and don’t verify anyone’s eligibility, 
  • or they verify the eligibility, and it takes a little bit longer to get the money,” Johnson said. 
“That decision cost the state of Michigan $4 billion.”
...Senior UIA staff said said that former UIA Director Steve Gray “made unilateral decisions” before his Nov. 2020 resignation and then, at that time, secretly pocketed an $85,872 severance deal and a confidentiality agreement amid months of record jobless claims.

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