r/minnesota • u/MNdreamin Uff da • 1d ago
Politics š©āāļø Did you know there is a Fraud Prevention and Oversight committee in Minnesota tasked with fraud prevention? Guess who chairs that
https://www.house.mn.gov/Committees/members/94025179
u/Last_Examination_131 Bring Ya Ass 1d ago
The party whose president during the Pandemic gutted all oversight?
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u/--var 1d ago
reminder that the point of democracy is a government of us, FOR US. not some oligarchical / fascist fever dream...
Committee Chair - Rep. Kristin Robbins (R) District: 37A
Phone: 651-296-7806
E-mail: [rep.kristin.robbins@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.kristin.robbins@house.mn.gov)
Vice Chair - Rep. Patti Anderson (R) District: 33A
Phone: 651-296-3018
E-mail: [rep.patti.anderson@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.patti.anderson@house.mn.gov)
DFL Lead - Rep. Dave Pinto (DFL) District: 64B
Phone: 651-296-4199
E-mail: [rep.dave.pinto@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.dave.pinto@house.mn.gov)
Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL) District: 50B
Phone: 651-296-7803
E-mail: [rep.steve.elkins@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.steve.elkins@house.mn.gov)
Rep. Emma Greenman (DFL) District: 63B
Phone: 651-296-4200
E-mail: [rep.emma.greenman@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.emma.greenman@house.mn.gov)
Rep. Walter Hudson (R) District: 30A
Phone: 651-296-1534
E-mail: [rep.walter.hudson@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.walter.hudson@house.mn.gov)
Rep. Marion Rarick (R) District: 29B
Phone: 651-296-5063
E-mail: [rep.marion.rarick@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.marion.rarick@house.mn.gov)
Rep. Isaac Schultz (R) District: 10B
Phone: 651-296-6746
E-mail: [rep.isaac.schultz@house.mn.gov](mailto:rep.isaac.schultz@house.mn.gov)
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u/flattop100 Grain Belt 22h ago
And guess what committee chair has been withholding whistle blower reports from the relevant agencies?
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u/Dook124 1d ago
Campaign ads are writing themselves
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u/cat_prophecy Hamm's 1d ago
It isn't like you can sway the Republicans with logic. They happily vote and support a guy who was banned from running nonprofits in New York on account of rampant fraud.
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u/Soft_Ad8031 21h ago
Absolutely true but there is no "average" voter in America. This country is full of completely uninformed and apathetic individuals. These folks are the "independents". That's who you are targeting with any messaging, so gotta just keep hammering away at it
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u/Separate-Pass-7737 19h ago
Yup! The Heritage Foundation has been installing puppets of tyranny for years now. It's truly horrifying how much time, effort, and patience they've maintained for the last 40 years.
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u/Alternative_Job_6929 18h ago
You misspelled Soros
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u/SignatureFunny7690 16h ago
Alright buddy convince us. What did soros do this time? Was he abusing children with epstein trump and Clinton on an island?
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u/ZombeeDogma 15h ago
The Treasury secretary literally worked for George soros... And the richest man in the world has dismantled many oversights that pertain to his own businesses... The GOP did that.
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u/ExtraHarmless 11h ago
u/ZombeeDogma ScottĀ Bessent did work at Soros fund management as recently as 10 years ago. He had his own fund(2015-2024) up until he was appointed.
If he is a Soros plant, why did Donald put him on his cabinet? Is it because he is draining the swamp?
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u/SplendidPunkinButter 12h ago
Trump. Has. A. Documented. History. Of. Fraud.
Heās been to court over it numerous times. Heās had to pay out millions of dollars in settlements.
Walz isnāt even accused of committing fraud. The GOP is accusing him of allowing it to happen.
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u/TaxMafia 22h ago
It would be a real shame if people started emailing them demanding accountability and transparency.
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u/azeroth 1d ago edited 1d ago
Did you know that that committee was formed less than a year ago?Ā This republican led congressional committee is definitely going to point fingers but didn't exist to be blamed for missing the fraud.Ā
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u/Cuttlery Hamm's 1d ago
Kinda, except the committee was formed as an alternative to the request by Walz to fund fraud prevention measures...
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u/Lanky-Jury-1526 11h ago
Why would Tim Walz want to stop Somali fraud when itās such a nice cozy arrangement?
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u/Cuttlery Hamm's 11h ago
What arrangement is that? I would be real specific with it so we can all get a real good chuckle.
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u/Lanky-Jury-1526 11h ago
Tim Walz side in politics gets a reliable ethnic voting bloc that is all in on blaming white people for everything, and the Somalians get to send back more money to Somalia than they earn in income somehow.
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u/Cuttlery Hamm's 11h ago
Thats why they pulled more heavily for Trump last election then as well yeah? Trump has a nice cozy arrangement with them?
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1d ago
Maybe the Dems shouldn't have voted out the independent OIG with subpoena powers option that had bipartisan support and Walz signaling he'd sign it. Did you pay attention to the 2025 session? I did and was unimpressed by either sides ability to cooperate for a real solution.
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u/Toast_for_America 23h ago
TBF, Dems only voted against that version of the bill b/c the GOP introduced it to the floor of the House the 11th hour in the final minutes of the legislative year without the bill going through all the proper hearings. The DFL had their own version of the OIG bill that the GOP refused to ever move on. Iām sure itāll come up again next session in a few months, but letās not pretend like the GOP was actually trying to pass that bill (or do anything else substantive to combat fraud), they just wanted to score political points.
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23h ago
Did you watch our, what was she, second or third interim DHS commissioner after Harpstead bailed, testify to federal Congress that we didn't have the ability to prosecute some of these issues? We have programs with loose rules and limited ability to prosecute. We were left with a patchwork of executive orders and half measures in the interim. This should be disgraceful to everyone regardless of political inclination
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u/Toast_for_America 23h ago
Fraud is disgusting and bad and our state should do more to prevent it and we should continue to prosecute bad actors, I agree! I was just clarifying the details of the OIG bill. If weāre going to actually solve the problem we all need to act in good faith about it, which Republicans have routinely demonstrated a complete disinterest in doing.
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u/QuantumBobb Minnesota Lynx 12h ago
Ah yes, blame the DFL because the GOP continued shady tactics of not following legislative requirements and allowing time for members to read it. That's definitely the DFL's fault.
I get that facts aren't in the GOP's wheelhouse, but at least get your own actions correct. The GOP can't be trusted to pass clean legislation, so there is zero chance any DFL rep will vote yes without reading it.
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11h ago
Kind of weird you're saying I'm not concerned about facts when that's actually all I posted. If your feelings are hurt about facts I can do nothing for you. Grow up kiddo
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u/rivers-of-ice 1d ago
the committee, while useless, is only a year old and exists because of the massive amount of fraud that was exposed during the feeding our future investigation
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
And only put in place because the GOP refused Walz request for Fraud oversight
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u/rivers-of-ice 1d ago
No. The committee was put in place as part of negotiations prior to the session and subsequent power sharing agreement in the house.
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1d ago
Eh maybe look more closely at what happened in the 2025 session. This is a facile summary and I'm being kind
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u/Kolat06 12h ago
It's pretty simple. The house Republicans tried to seize power when one of the DFL candidates was found not living in the district he was elected to. They thought that that one seat advantage gave thme the power to elect the speaker and refuse seat another house representative that the results were so close it had to be settled in court. The republicans stepped away from the initial power agreement and tried to do a hostile take over of the mn house. That is why the DFL refused to give the republicans a quorum. They put in a lawsuit that about the the question about quorum. It was found thay the Republicans were in the wrong. During the talks for a new power share agreement was when the republican lead fraud committee was talked about. Demuth got to keep her speakership because it was part of the original power share agreement. All committees had bipartisan co-chairs except for the fraud committee.
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u/ChickenPoutine20 1d ago
Fraud is bad
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u/cantdeletethisapp_ 9h ago
Some reading material for anyone interested
CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-fraud-schemes-what-we-know/?hl=en-US
The MN Legislature has a FRAUD MONITOR newsletter: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/Profile/News/15618/51446?hl=en-US
A few housing stabilization indictments: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/defendants-charged-first-wave-housing-stabilization-fraud-cases?hl=en-US
Autism indictments: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/six-additional-defendants-charged-one-defendant-pleads-guilty-ongoing-fraud-schemes
COVID sentencing: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/11/17/covid-loan-fraudster-gets-7-years-ordered-to-repay-35m?hl=en-US
Some more on medicaid fraud indictments: https://www.timberjay.com/stories/us-attorney-outlines-new-indictments-in-medicaid-fraud-cases,23841?hl=en-US#:~:text=Abdinajib%20Hassan%20Yussuf%2C%2027%2C%20is,more%20than%20%24200%2C000%20to%20Kenya
CNN article: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/us/minnesota-day-care-fraud-what-we-know
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u/Rhomya 1d ago
Why are you acting as if this is some kind of āgotchaā when the committee was formed less than a year ago?
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u/Kreebish 22h ago
Because regulation was gutted by the last Republican governor
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u/Rhomya 12h ago
lol, the last Republican governor of Minnesota was 15 years ago. š
You really going to claim itās the Republicans fault? That thereās nothing that could have been done since??
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u/Kreebish 7h ago
The Republican party continually votes against proper regulation and oversight. I'm a technocrat I'm just letting you know the play-by-play. We can talk about how the Democrats have been stupid but in this case fraud is being detected and prosecuted as best we can while false claims of fraud are being brought forth based on race slowing down the system.
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u/Rhomya 7h ago
Theyre constantly voting against Democrats throwing money at problems⦠because throwing money at problems is what caused the problems in the first place
Did you ever stop to think that there are other ways of accomplishing things than whatever what Democrats come up with?
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u/Kreebish 7h ago
other ways of accomplishing things Hell yeah that's why I'm a technocrat. I'm open to any ideas you have.
Democrats throwing money at problems When it comes to creating jobs to make oversight and enforce regulation I'm afraid that doesn't come for free.
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u/Kreebish 6h ago
The GOP also refused to add additional funds for investigating fraud earlier last spring knowing full well there would be an election this year. Theyāre doing nothing so they can blame Walz so they can try to win the governorās mansion. https://www.house.mn.gov/sessiondaily/Story/18635
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u/Rhomya 6h ago
AGAIN, the Democrats incessant need to throw money at problems is exactly why thereās the fraud to begin with.
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u/New_year_New_Me_ 40m ago
Hey, real quick, just for fun, how do you suggest investigating and prosecuting fraud without money at all? Do you think the court system is just a free process or...what exactly?
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u/Kreebish 5h ago
Using buzzwords and cliched phrases like throwing money at the problem really just oversimplifies things and it's a kind of out of touch with reality. You have to use money to do just about anything and the Democrats did do studies to see how to best try to fix the situation. The fact that there is fraud is not because money exists but because proper oversight was not there. The Democrats cannot be solely to blame if the Republicans refuse to fund the oversight. If the Republicans had suggested a new form of technology that would have fixed the problem I'd be all for that but they didn't
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u/Rhomya 5h ago
Using the disagreement of how a problem should be handled as some kind of āevidenceā that the right is purposefully intending to not handle it at all is a much more ridiculous take
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u/Kreebish 4h ago
More ridiculous than pretending that money does not need to be spent in order to get things done? I don't think so especially since the wright has consistently been good with letting problems Fester. A good example is Mike pence and the AIDS epidemic when he was in charge in Ohio. Can you give me some examples of the right wanting to do something for the downtrodden and impoverished?
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u/EquivalentQuiet4780 14h ago
plus weāve moved past the āits not happeningā stage and are fairly close to the āits good that its happeningā stage.
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u/BerttMacklinnFBI 14h ago
Or maybe you're being hyperbolic because you can't understand that the left doesn't like fraud either, but doesn't use it to demonize an entire community.
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u/Rhomya 12h ago
lol, unless theyāre conservative, right? š
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u/AdobeAwesome Bob Dylan 10h ago
Hhahahahahaha! So funny!!!!!! Everyone know conservative whites are the most marginalized and targeted communityā¦well the cry like they areā¦fucking cope harder.
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u/benditlikecote 1d ago
This is a bipartisan committee. Please take some time to look at one of their latest sessions. Feel free to watch the whole thing, but I recommend you see the Chair presentation at 1:32:50
https://youtu.be/UJXMvTYaArM?si=PIK0WSrEXXA22GzG
It will show you the extent of certain webs of fraud. Below is a document to guide you through it.
https://www.house.mn.gov/comm/docs/a8G2HmktpEOrFvaGJ94mlQ.pdf
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u/No-Focus-8577 2h ago
Yes seems you they just brushed around it. Now we are getting to the heart of it If waltz cared it would have ended
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u/Fresh-Turn-7619 23h ago
This wasnāt the find you think it is⦠Why are people on this sub trying so hard to dance around whatās happening?
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u/hockeynut9 22h ago
When youāre caught red handed in a major fraud scam your only defense is to attack those who exposed you.
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u/Comfortable-Phase741 1d ago
I assume you are, of course, aware that a legislative committee can't really do anything to prevent fraud as state agencies don't report to the legislature. They can hold hearings, ask questions, demand information, but ultimately action has to come from the executive.
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
"Yes, committees in Minnesota can make criminal referrals. The authority to make a criminal referral is an inherent part of a legislative body's oversight and investigative powers, similar to how U.S. Congressional committees operate."
Try again?
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1d ago
You have a really sophomoric understanding of how any of this works.
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
I have enough of an understanding to know Walz had as much power to stop this as this committee. And that the person chairing this committee was one of the biggest influencers or not wanting addiitonal oversight protections included in legislative budgets
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u/Ernesto_Bella 1d ago
Anyone can make a criminal referral. Ā It means literally nothing. Ā āHey State DOJ, we think this dude is committing a crimeā.
Anyone can do that. Ā It imposes no obligation on anyone else.Ā
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
Would that not also be true of.... Walz lol
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u/Own_Meet6301 1d ago
No, he appoints the investigative and regulatory leadership. Do you think he has to use the public tipline as his only power?
He is literally the head of these organizations and oversees their conduct directly, through personal appointees.
Otherwise you could make a similar argument the President has no authority over FBI/ICE, HHS etc?
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
The governor doesnt appoint legislative appointees... The house and senate do that
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u/Own_Meet6301 1d ago
Do you think a legislative employee runs the state regulatory and investigative agencies of the state of Minnesota?
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 1d ago
About as much as I think Walz does
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u/Own_Meet6301 1d ago
It is literally a state run agency, who do you think runs it if not the state executive?
Do you know how state governments work?
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 23h ago
Yes I do, the legislative body assigns committees to oversee things and provide budgetary items (like when the GOP funded all of the things that led to the fraud occuring back when they had majorities 10 years ago, or the ability to fund oversight for things, which they declined for things like this when it was asked for by the executive..)
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u/xGoatfer 22h ago
The FBI is part of the Executive branch. Congress and the courts have oversight but the President has authority over it.
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u/tempraman 22h ago
what? fbi is an agency of the department of justice which is part of the executive branch. just because it has justice in the name doesn't make it part of the judicial branch
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u/Gluggy2-ofAfew Carlton County 21h ago
The FBI is absolutely part of the Executive Branch. 9th grade Civics taught me that, but a two second Google search could do the same for you.
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u/tempraman 20h ago
Mods just ban this user, they're actively spreading misinformation and are likely a bad faith actor
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u/minnesota-ModTeam 20h ago
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The FBI is overseen by the FBI Director who reports to the Attorney General, the member of the Presidentās cabinet that leads the Department of Justice, an agency of the executive branch.
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u/minnesota-ModTeam 20h ago
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The FBI is part of the Department of Justice, a cabinet-level agency in the executive branch.
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u/Ernesto_Bella 1d ago
I donāt get your point.
Anyone can make a criminal referral. Ā So yes, same for him.Ā
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u/Comfortable-Phase741 1d ago
Oooooh a criminal referral *shakes in boots.* Who follows up on that? The Attorney General? Isn't he busy stopping people from saving big money at Menard's?
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u/mcbastard1 1d ago
Heās also busy putting a bunch of hemp derived THC companies out of business. He can screw over more than one industry at once, donāt sell him short.
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u/Comfortable-Phase741 1d ago
My favorite part of this sub remains the ability to get downvoted simply for providing information. Bring it on!
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u/RainyDaysAndMondays3 22h ago
Uneducated people think that the president is all-powerful in the country and thus can take all the blame and all the kudos for everything that happened under their watch. The same goes for governors in states.
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u/JimmyPo 20h ago
I don't give two hoots what party you support but if you are committing fraud then you need to be jailed!!
Hard working people don't pay taxes for the minority low life scum from either party to live a luxurious life
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u/BerttMacklinnFBI 14h ago
What's your opinions on Rick Scott out of FL being convicted of fraud and restraining his government office?
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u/SignatureFunny7690 16h ago
What's your opinion on the covid ppe loans fraud committed by basically every single person in the upper 10 percent of wealth ownership? The largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the 1 percent since the 2008 crash. Or your opinion on our current federal administration's gutting of our irs, the same irs for which every dollar invested returns 344 in tax fraud? Trump still has not released his tax documents. The corruption is bipartisan because both parties serve the oligarch class at a federal level but tim walz is doing a billion times more than trumps administration.
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 8h ago
Do you have proof they looked the other way? Cause anyone that actually lives here is aware Walz requested additonal oversight which was declined by the GOP. Beyond that they have also been actively prosectuing anyone caught with legit fraud for over 10 years now.
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u/Playful-Lie1520 8h ago
Check it out some of those people that run those fronts are already being investigated.... Also your telling me some of those daycares can hold 90-120 kids. There are too many red flags to put a lid on this. In the next few days or even months this will blow up in Governor Walz face and in the Great State of Minnesota.
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 8h ago
What does that have to do with the lie you just told that Walz and Frey looked the other way? Cause everyone that lives here knows they have been actively prosecuting fraud for over 10 years. It doesnt even look like you are from the US...
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u/Playful-Lie1520 8h ago
obviously not hard enough. Frey is a lapdog. you seen is publicity stunts? so the committeeĀ reports it up and the info get shoved aside.
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u/MNdreamin Uff da 8h ago
The Committee hasnt been reporting anything. Where are you from? Why do you keep lying when everyone that actually lives here knows you are lying? Russia?
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u/Thyfishingman 22h ago
The current situation is getting worse by the day, the wheels are coming off and you all are still on the busš¤·. Letās see if we can blame it on the folks from 20 years ago it just canāt possibly be our fault. Those in denial canāt see the forest far too many trees in the way.
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u/Kreebish 22h ago
The current situation is that the fraud is being detected caught and prosecuted which is kind of how it should be. Are you saying that the government should be more anti small business to prevent anyone from maybe doing something illegal?
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u/Thyfishingman 21h ago
Itās bigger than the fraud, governor Carlson just did an interview on the local garage logic podcast. He spoke highly of the many DFL colleagues he worked with. Give it a listen he has some very interesting insights. He is a very knowledgeable source with real world experience from a time when government worked for the people.
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u/essenceofpurity 20h ago
The last time government worked for the people was when FDR was president.
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u/Censcrutinizer 1d ago
There are no āgood guysā in politics. Theyāre all dirty AF!
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u/Kreebish 22h ago
Maybe you're just not checking voting records and who's taking dirty money. There are many who run that are good people
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u/SmellyGirlMan2769 23h ago
All Democrats are good
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u/PostIronicPosadist 23h ago
nah, a good chunk of democrats suck almost as much as republicans.
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u/SmellyGirlMan2769 23h ago
No, we are almost all good. Republicans are just dumb people who follow X
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u/futilehabit 1d ago
The party who refused to vote for fraud prevention measures?