CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 12, 2022
WHILE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING OTHER NEWS, YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS STORY.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES – A REAL NEWSPAPER – REPORTS ON MASSIVE FRAUD DURING THE PANDEMIC. 2.2 MILLION STIMULUS CHECKS WERE MAILED TO DEAD PEOPLE. 57,000 SMALL BUSINESS LOANS WERE SENT TO THOSE ON THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT’S “DON’T PAY” LIST.
POSTAL WORKERS STOLE STIMULUS CHECKS AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FROM THE MAIL. AND WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR POSTAGE. SOCIAL SECURITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY EMPLOYEES USED THEIR ACCESS TO AMERICANS’ IDENTITIES TO WRITE AND IN SOME CASES APPROVE BOGUS BENEFIT APPLICATIONS.
A MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR WRITING BAD CHECKS AND IDENTITY CHECKS GOT A JOB THE NEXT DAY WITH THE STATE’S DEPARTMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
THE WOMAN WOULD GO ON TO STEAL SOME OF THOSE IDENTITIES AND FILE BOGUS PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN THEIR NAMES, AS WELL AS FALSE CLAIMS UNDER HER OWN NAME AND THAT OF HER HUSBAND. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HER GUILTY PLEASE, SHE STOLE NEARLY $200 THOUSAND.
DOES ANYONE THINK MOST OR ANY OF THIS MONEY WILL BE RETURNED? I DOUBT IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
We live in a small rural community in Northern MN. My husband has owned a small business for 30 plus years. He was contacted to fill an application for “free” pandemic funds. We responded that our business suffered no losses over pandemic months. We declined to apply. We were then encouraged to fill it out anyway as our county small businesses were allocated a certain amount and it had to be spent or the money would be lost. We responded that ethically we just could not do this. There is no free money. That seems so hard for us humans to believe.