Trump admin should use recovered fraud money as part of a lottery system
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A few recent news stories have inspired me to think of a way to help the neediest in our country. Especially those who get scammed in our “blue” states.
The first story involves tens of billions of taxpayer dollars stolen by organized fraud rings in Minnesota, California, New York and several other “blue” states. Some estimates range above $100 billion. It is literally the equivalent of having the Gross Domestic Product of many nations around the world stolen from the American people.
The next story covers the growing controversy over the personal fortune of far-left Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. For years, many people have wondered whether Omar entered the United States legally and what his legal status is now. But adding to this mystery, news after news seems to document that her and her husband’s personal wealth has skyrocketed recently. Inquiring minds ask “how?” They want to know.
Just a year ago, the congressman’s required federal financial disclosure form listed the combined maximum value of the two assets as about $51,000. Now, these two assets are listed for a combined maximum of around $30 million. What’s Omar’s secret, other than former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stock tips? Or what is he hiding?
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Minnesota locations accused of false claims investigated by Fox News Digital, uncovering vacant lots and non-existent suites (Nikolas Lanum/Andrew Mark Miller/Fox News Digital)
Finally, a very telling report by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria recently stated, in part: “If there is an affordability crisis in America, it tends to be in places like Democrat-run New York, Illinois, and California, all of which have high taxes, rising housing costs, and stagnant results in key areas like education and infrastructure…” It’s always a bit shocking when CNN and the big left accept destructive policies pushed by the left, but it’s truly welcome and, in this case, much needed.
CNN said the quiet part out loud, via Zakaria. In reality, it is the poorest and most disadvantaged who pay the highest price – literally – for the ideological inadequacy offered by the far left in these Democrat-controlled “blue” states. Men, women and children who have long been underestimated by the left.
But such chaos and misery created by Democrats could bring great clarity and increased “affordability” for the poorest in beleaguered states. As the Trump administration continues to successfully recover billions of dollars of stolen taxpayer money from these “blue” states, I propose that it create a “lottery” for the poorest and most disadvantaged legal citizens in these states.
I HAVE WORKED ON THOUSANDS OF MONEY LAUNDERING CASES — FRAUD IS A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT
Once installed, each day, choose a name from the barrel and give that person a $10,000 reward. As someone who grew up homeless, I can assure you that this amount is life changing for those who are homeless.
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Such a lottery would have four immediate benefits. First, it would capture the news cycle and spread like wildfire. It will then awaken millions in these “blue” states and tens of millions of people across the country to the fraud being perpetrated against them while solidifying in their minds who created the lottery to help them.
It will then bring about the accountability that is so desperately needed and sought for this type of theft to occur. And finally, it will create hope in those who have felt neglected and abandoned for decades.
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Throughout these decades, far-left criminal gangs, often aided and abetted by far-left politicians, successfully stole billions of dollars from the American people. Now that the Trump administration has exposed this theft, flip the script on those who created and abetted these schemes by aiding those most harmed by the crimes. The “Hunger Games” created by the left are turning into the “Nutrition Games” of those who are not.
I can guarantee that millions of Americans will sign up for such a needed and eye-opening lottery.
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