Thursday, May 23, 2019

'The Queen' Reveals The Story Of The Woman Who Became A Symbol Of Welfare Fraud

https://n.pr/2JYxHR7Linda Taylor, 40, walks with her attorney T. Lee Boyd as they leave the Chicago Civic Center on March 8, 1977, during a recess in her trial. Dubbed the "Welfare Queen," Taylor was charged with bilking the State of Illinois out of $30,000 in bogus welfare payments from 1969 to 1974.

Linda Taylor rose to infamy during the 1970s, when prize-winning reporter George Bliss brought her criminal activity to light — and then-candidate Ronald Reagan turned her into the Welfare Queen.

(Image credit: Charles Knoblock/AP)



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