Don't say fraud
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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So in today's GOP, this fills the prerequisite "Must Do Crime" box to run for higher office....
Dimwit indeed - after all only a corrupt imbecile would endorse any ban on truthful education of kids about human sexuality. And this guy is also a fraudster on top of that. Tell me who kids should emulate - good people or hateful bigots like this idiot.
We need a nonprofit NGO that does tax investigation, if that were possible.
We have a problem though. The entity responsible for investigating these things is the IRS. The IRS is controlled by our politicians, and they are keeping it under-funded. Thus, the IRS does not have the resources to investigate if it has been defrauded, for as long as they can protect themselves from it.
So, one solution would be an investigative entity whose funding they cannot touch. One run and funded by donations.
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they're all at least selling Snake Oil.. all the ones shouting about frog lasers and voting fraud and shit.. but most are dedicated criminals like this guy, stealing anything that isn't nailed down..
Odd, I read that this looser only got 4 months in prison. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/florida-lawmaker-covid-19-fraud-prison-joe-harding