The Department of Labor recently estimated that approximately $46 billion was distributed in fraudulent pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.
Now that the pandemic has been declared "over," many observers have begun to grade how well governments performed. One area that deserves attention is the billions of dollars fraudulently diverted from COVID-19 assistance programs intended to support those in need.
In response to the pandemic, the federal government created stimulus packages that threw billions of taxpayer dollars at the problem. On many fronts, the effort was a success. The economy did not collapse. For the most part, those in need received some level of support, and our society as we know it did not break down. So they got the basics right.
However, one colossal failure was the shocking amount that criminals were able to steal from the various programs. The Department of Labor recently estimated that approximately $46 billion was distributed in fraudulent pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.
Fraud on unprecedented scale
We will never know the total amount stolen. California has said that the state experienced more than $60 billion in fraud. The White House has estimated that $80 billion was lost nationwide. The Secret Service says it is about $100 billion. --->READ MORE HERE
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As Americans suffer through record-high inflation with rising costs for groceries, gasoline, and public utilities, sanctuary states are transferring millions in United States tax dollars to illegal aliens via unemployment benefits, a new investigation reveals.
The investigation, conducted by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), details how sanctuary states like New York and Colorado used the Chinese coronavirus pandemic to open unemployment benefits to illegal aliens — paid for by American citizens.
Specifically, the sanctuary jurisdictions of Washington, DC; New York, and Colorado have paid out $2.7 million in unemployment benefits to illegal aliens since the statewide accounts were opened.
“This is an insult to all those who are in the United States legally and abide by our laws,” IRLI Executive Director Dale Wilcox said in a statement. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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