Ronald Reagan's Welfare Queen

'That's how racism works, guys. It's a scam,' he says. 'He hit upon a crowd pleaser by playing into fears and making you racist' Reagan said she used 80 names, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps,. Social Security veteran benefits for non-existent disease veteran husbands; as well as welfare. Her tax-free cash income alone has been running $150,000 a year. The majority of people on welfare are white, white.