The Scale of COVID Unemployment Fraud Is ASTOUNDING

The Scale of COVID Unemployment Fraud Is ASTOUNDING

...This Is Not a Sane World, Exhibit #1,000,006

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Half of the pandemic’s unemployment money may have been stolen
In this, the Second Year of Our Troubles, choosing just one story for the craziest of the day can be a challenge.
Today’s was pretty easy.
First, a few details:

Unemployment fraud during the pandemic could easily reach $400 billion, according to some estimates, and the bulk of the money likely ended in the hands of foreign crime syndicates — making this not just theft, but a matter of national security.

They all knew fraud was inevitable, but decided getting the money out to people who desperately needed it was more important than laboriously making sure all of them were genuine.

That last bit was explicitly endorsed by then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2009 when he was put in charge of Barack Obama’s Porkulus I “stimulus” spending orgy.
“We know some of this money is going to be wasted,” Biden said then. “Some people are being scammed already.”...Read all.