The Land of 10,000 Frauds
By Mike Bibb
Some People Think Minnesota's New Flag Looks Like the Flag of Somalia
Somalia Flag New Minnesota Flag
Wonder why we're $38 trillion in debt? Here's one of the reasons.
Minnesota is known as "The land of 10,000 lakes." Presumably, it's also becoming recognized as "The land of 10,000 frauds."
Minnesota has a population of 5,833,250. It also has the largest Somalia population in the United States. There are about 107,000 people of Somali descent living in Minnesota. The largest concentration is in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area; approximately 84,000.
For those who don't know, Somalia is a northeastern country in Africa, situated along the Indian Ocean. It's renown for piracy of commercial ships and constant internal domestic struggles. It is, basically, a failed state.
{Note: The 2013 Tom Hanks movie "Captain Phillips," — based upon a true incident — in which the Danish/U.S. container ship Maersk-Alabama, was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. It didn't end well for several of the pirates. Apparently, Somali piracy is still ongoing.}
Hence, large numbers of Somalis have migrated to the United States. Many settling in Minnesota.
The Somalis vote solidly Democrat, and even have a Somali representative in the U.S. Congress. Ilhan Omar (D), represents Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.
Supposedly, the state is under federal investigation for allowing the known existence of massive amounts of fraudulent businesses, in which billions of taxpayer dollars have been doled out to phony enterprises masquerading as legitimate Somali commercial establishments, for the purpose of financially assisting large groups of immigrant communities.
It's reported over 80% of Somali citizens receive some kind of government assistance, including financial aid for child welfare.
Only now we're learning much of this child care compensation is really a cleverly designed scam.
Dozens of vacant child day care facilities, fake health care transportation services, pharmacy and grocery stores and practically any other type of concern that can apply for federal and state aid is involved in the fraud.
Adding to the scheme, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's (D) office is — allegedly — aware of the deceptions but has been hesitant to intervene.
His response has been somewhat evasive, careful not to overly comment on a situation that is looking more and more like a massive organized crime operation.
Readers may recall "Tampon" Tim Walz was Kamala Harris' pick for her Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2024 election last fall. Walz earned his nickname because he signed a legislative bill requiring tampon dispensers be installed in all 4-12 grades in school restrooms, including boys' restrooms.
Kamala and Tim lost to Donald Trump in November.
Suddenly, on Jan. 5, Gov. Tim said he will not be seeking reelection. Previously, he announced he would be running for a third term.
Maybe, it's getting a little too hot in snowy Minnesota. And maybe, investigative authorities are closing in on Tim?
To think, a few months ago he was the Democrat candidate for Vice President. Today, his future seems less dazzling.
Even more astounding, the current con has been going on for several years, and local residents suspected it.
Actually, it was a young man with a cell phone walking around recording, sometimes interviewing reluctant suspects, and taking pictures of fake business store fronts that brought the problem to the attention of state and federal authorities.
A Minnesota day care — with a misspelled sign [Quality 'Learing' Center] — got $4 million in taxpayer money despite being empty.
Licensed to care for 100 children, but none were in,attendance. X/Nick Shirley.
When he posted his video on YouTube, it went viral. Various government agencies have now been looking into Minnesota's apparent lack of oversight — where have the huge sums of money gone, and who's been receiving it?
One wouldn't normally think a crime of this magnitude would be exposed by a concerned citizen. Aren't there supposed to be federal and state regulatory agencies keeping tabs on these kinds of things?
Also, where are the media news reporters? Isn't it their responsibility to inform the public of possible criminal activity going on in Minnesota's communities?
We're down to relying on a guy with a cell phone camera and YouTube access to keep us updated on what's happening?
It's mind boggling how an unlawful enterprise can openly function in an environment that is constantly supervised by a myriad of government departments, offices, agencies and sub-agencies.
Reminiscent of the debacle caused by thousands of fake Commercial Driver License (CDL) issued to Indian truck drivers. Many of them couldn't read or understand English. Consequently, fatal highway accidents involving big-rigs were becoming more common.
This crap seems almost impossible — unless there's inside collusion going on from top to bottom.
After all, a billion-dollar fraud will buy a lot help. Two billion will get more. Five billion will probably buy the best scam artists in the business.
Podcasts and conservative news releases are telling us Minnesota is only the tip of the corruption iceberg. Several other states are now being suspected of committing similar crimes, amounting to billions and billions of your tax dollars.
Bottom line: Stop feeding us the same old b.s. and expect us to say "Oh well, maybe next time someone will go to jail."
The story is getting monotonous; criminals are more brazen and the crimes more expensive. Time to cuff and prosecute some of these clowns — before the whole thing gets completely out of hand.
Moral of the story: Whenever heaps of taxpayer money is available for the stealing, you can be sure there will be swarms of thieves buzzing around to take advantage of the situation.
But, don't dare fail to file your taxes on April 15. The government doesn't like folks who don't agree with the way their money is being taken from them and pissed away.
"That's just the cost of living in a civilized society" we're told — which is $38 trillion in debt and going up.
How much longer can this nonsense go on without inflicting further damage to our society?
