$600 billion a year in federal fraud is killing us — crack down now |
Why pay taxes when so much of your hard-earned money goes to fraudsters?
Bureaucrats and elected politicians, mostly Democrats, scream in outrage when anyone tries to crack down on fraud by requiring proof of where government payouts are actually going.
They wring their hands and moan that safeguards mean delays, making poor children go hungry and harming families in need.
Meanwhile the needs of us taxpayers, saddled with paying these scammers, are simply ignored.
Until now: The enormity of the Minnesota rip-offs is sparking a nationwide rebellion against welfare criminals and the politicians who tolerate them.
The Minnesota fraud epidemic, which has gone on since 2014, robbed taxpayers of hundreds of millions — maybe even billions — of dollars, cash that was supposed to support subsidized day care, autism services and “Feeding our Future” meals for the poor.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been forced to give up his bid for re-election.
Now Govs. Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul are on the hot seat to explain the even bigger taxpayer rip-offs they’ve allowed to fester in California and New York.
And more state politicians should soon be feeling the heat: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Saturday that a nauseating