If You Like Your Fraud, You Can Keep Your Fraud
But you can't keep your doctor, your president, your money, or your country if Democrats have anything to say about it.
During the COVID years, California consented to the biggest fraud in U.S. history. Nobody really knows how much taxpayer money was scammed from the unemployment system, but $32-$40 billion seems to be the generally accepted amount.
Some of that money went to death row inmates using the name “Dianne Feinstein” or “Poopy Pants.” Some of it went to a guy in Nigeria who filed at least 253 fraudulent unemployment claims. In 2024, the woman responsible for losing that money (then working for Joe Biden) said California could just ignore the loss.*
That may have been the biggest fraud so far, but I’m talking about a different fraud.
Yesterday, Podcaster Gavin Newsom — who signed the “balanced” state budget in the summer of 2024 — said he wants to borrow $62 million a day for the next 100 days to pay for “unexpected” Medicaid costs.
Yes, the state that “lost” $40 billion to criminals needs another $6.2 billion — half of which will pay the healthcare costs of 1.6 million criminals.
Over the years, the name for those criminals has changed from “illegal aliens” to “illegal immigrants” to “unauthorized immigrants” to “immigrants without legal status” to “undocumented immigrants” or “undocumented workers” or “undocumented residents” or even “undocumented Americans.” (Asking “why so many changes?” is like asking Mr. Newsom where all the money went.)
When Democrats passed Obamacare in 2010 (by a bare-knuckle 219-212 vote), they promised that those criminals would not receive Medicaid. President Barack Obama repeated that pledge in 2013.
Now California Democrats need billions of dollars from American citizens to provide Medicaid for foreigners that Democrats promised would never get Medicaid.
If you like your fraud, you can keep your fraud.
If you’ve ever wondered how America got so much fraud, waste, and abuse in government, this is partly how it happened. You can safely multiply this process by the number of local, state, and federal government agencies.
We promise to never spend your money on [XYZ]!
We will only spend your money on [XYZ] for children
Look how well [XYZ] is doing!
We will only spend your money on [XYZ] for children and teens
[XYZ] now covers 47%!
We will only spend your money on [XYZ] for children, teens, and the elderly
Wow! [XYZ] now covers 82%!
We've decided to give [XYZ] to everyone
[XYZ] covers 96%! It's a success!
[XYZ] costs more than expected
We need a lot more of your money for [XYZ]
Only bigots don't want to pay more for [XYZ]
(Secretly gives money to [XYZ] through NGO's)
Vast fraud is discovered in [XYZ]
How dare you try to cut [XYZ]!
* Ha ha! Not really! California is clawing back that money by raising payroll taxes. If you want to read that story, subscribe to County Highway.