(03-27-2025, 07:56 PM)Jag149 Wrote:

(03-27-2025, 07:38 PM)mikesez Wrote: Dead people should not get SSI or small business loans. 
How many of cases of this were found? How many fraudulent payments went out? What were the sums? Did anyone besides DOGE confirm that indeed this happened?

As for these grants that were canceled, promoting left-ish values in Latin America, I don't really care either way. I would rather tax payer money wasn't spent on that kind of thing, but the amount seems small, it looks like a program that was maybe matching funds, so private sources of money probably or being given away in addition to the public money. If we're going to promote free trade with places in Latin America, we also have to promote our values. If we have labor unions they should have unions too. If we're going to slap them with tariffs regardless, then who cares.  I would rather promote free trade and promote our values, because I know that brings consumer prices down, but you guys voted for the opposite, so may you find out what it's like to get what you want in this area.

Well, you know google is your friend a couple articles to help you out since your memory seems to be a one way street. This is an ongoing probe, more to come!  Your welcome.

Dead people
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce...ad-people/

SBA loans
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/policy/...ain-answer

added bonus pandemic fraud
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts...ns/356f944

As for free trade if it is a two way street then agreed. If we are the only one allowing access while the other country doesn't then only a fool would participate.

Your first link is a selective copy and paste AP article.  The full AP article, https://apnews.com/article/social-securi...502977dd26
says that the current effort to identify money going to dead people actually started at the beginning of Biden's term.  

Not going to bother clicking on the other links.  Going to assume they are also either false or one-sided.

Anyhow, these amounts of money are small potatoes.

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