The Kuhner Report (WRKO 680)February 5, 202637m

Have You Witnessed Welfare Fraud?

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All right, let's go right back to Ben in Texas. Ben grew up genuinely poor. They had very little. They had a clunker for a car. And there's no shame. There's no dishonor in that. That's life. By the grace of God, there go I. And so his family had to live on welfare. Yet Ben was making, I think, a brilliant point, which is, as we were growing up, Because of welfare reform that was passed under both Bill Clinton and a Republican Congress, you had people coming in to inspect to make sure it's poor people or the needy, those that are genuinely disadvantaged, that are receiving these welfare benefits and welfare checks. Under Obama, these, you know, inspections stopped. And now you've got people living in, you know, nice apartments, driving fancy cars, apparently going at Disney on vacation, and they're getting welfare benefit after welfare benefit after welfare benefit. Ben, please, can you pick up where you left off? Yeah, I mean, I wanted to say that when I was a child, I would go, they would give us food coupons or food stamps. When I would have to pay at a cash register with food stamps, when I was a child because my mom would send me to the corner store to buy some bologna or a loaf of bread with the food stamps, I would see people pay with money, and I would have to pay with food stamps. I felt ashamed. I don't know where the shame came from, but I felt ashamed as a child. I started working when I was nine years old for a dollar a day, from 7 in the morning to almost 7 o'clock at night in a ranch. So, you know, I see that they say. Yes, it's, you know, food stamps and welfare is good for those who need it. But these frosters, no. But I'll say one thing, even if you do need it as a child, they say welfare is a hand-me-down. It's a hand-me-down. A hand-out, a hand-out. A hand-out. I don't think it's a hand-me-up, like a hand-me-up. It's trying to help you. I think now it's become a... I hand me. It's like a stay down. Like you're going to get food stamps and you're going to stay down because that's where we want you. We want a slave class to vote for us. I knew that was wrong as a child and I was not going to fall into that trap. Right. Now, I heard somewhere where it takes like three, four generations to get out poverty. I'm already out poverty because, you know, I work. I'm working right now. God bless you. God bless you. So, Ben, do you receive any public benefits at all? No. No. So basically, you did it in one generation. You got your, you, by the bootstraps, you pulled yourself up out of poverty in one generation. You. I was raised by my uncle. He died, but he was almost 100 years old. And he grew up in the 1920s. And he said, you don't work, you don't eat. You know, it's that simple.

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And that's been my mentality all my life. You know, I don't miss a day of work. I have to be dying to not work. But the main person that I see is responsible for all this fraud is Obama when he took that safety net or check off. Oh, you're dead on. You're dead on. Ben, have you called a show before? Oh, a long time ago. Ben, Ben, you've got to call more often, my friend. Dynamite call. You're not 100. You're a thousand percent correct. And you're an inspiration, Ben. I'm telling you to many people. Because you're proof that the American dream is alive. If you can pull yourself out of poverty in one generation, so what excuses anybody else have? You did it. You're a trailblazer. Other people can do it. Ben, God bless you, and please call again. 617-266-6-68 is the number. Eddie in Maine. Thanks for holding Eddie and welcome. Good morning, corner man. How are you doing? Good, good, good. I mean, I'm in the wrong profession, Eddie. I should have came here as an illegal alien. I'd be a multimillionaire right now. Get one of these frauds going with Snap or whatever, daycares. And I, you know, I could be a gazillionaire. But anyway, it's what can I tell you, Eddie? Go ahead, my friend. Can't the President of the United States sign an executive order? Every state has to behave. What do you call it? you know, check their finances, a doad, whatever they call it, find out where all the money is going. I work for a major food chain as a part-time cashier. I see the fraud going on every day. And they're coming in, $400, $400 worth of food. Then they're buying always five cottons of cigarettes, three to four cottons of beer, and they pull a water cash out. Then you get two receipts. One receipt goes to the customer and one receipt turns into the company. On the company receipt gives the balance. And you look at it and you see always thousands of dollars of balance on these food stamp cards with welfare, whatever you want to call them. And one other thing, you and I talked about this a few years ago that you said they were trying to do it in Europe. that they were going to start checking all these politicians where all their wealth comes from, their wealth and their family wealth come from. And one other thing that I'll leave you, Jeff.

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Download the Moto Casino app today. 617-266-66-68 is the number. Okay. I got to tell you, they're lighting it up on Messenger right now. So it's story after story after story. By the way, this is from Dave, our constitutionalist correspondent out in the Pittsburgh area in Pennsylvania. And he's dead on. He was born and raised in Salem, Mass, but he's now out in Pittsburgh. And he said, this is what he wrote to me. Jeff, you know as well as I do. Republicans won't do. How do I say this? Crap, nothing. Let's just really clean it up. Republicans won't do nothing. Crap, Ola, about this fraud in your state of Massachusetts. And this is what I find incredible. They should be all over this. They could destroy Healy right here, right now. The three, you know, candidates running for the Republican primary to challenge Governor Healy. I mean, they should be calling press conferences, press releases, writing op-ed pieces, holding speeches, holding speeches on this. They should be doing sure. They should be ringing my phone off the hook. to come on and get their point across to you, the great audience of Cooner Country, to the voters. They should be doing every media outlet that'll hear them out. Instead, a little something on X, a little dinky press release, and that's it. Let's move on. We don't want to offend her too much. Let's not rock the boat. Honestly, pathetic. Pathetic. They should be going to town on Healy right now. 617-266-6-68. Okay, very quickly. This is from Mark. Jeff, I kid you not. As I speak to you, I am driving through the projects in East Boston. And in front of every project apartment building, all I see, are Mercedes, BMWs, Jeep Cherokees, Teslas, and range rovers. In other words, very expensive vehicles. But yet this is low-income housing, question mark. Am I missing something, Jeff? Because I work and I can't afford any of these vehicles. That's why I say, treat me like an illegal. You know, I mean, after a while, if you can't beat him, join them. It's disgusting. Mark, you're completely right. Honestly, completely. This is from Julie again. Jeff, please read this one. Not all of you, you got to hear this. So this is the one whose boss is an investor with a lot of apartments in Lowell, okay? A lot of rental units predominantly in Lowell.

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Jeff, recently I met a woman who claimed that she is living in a hotel. She wants to apply for an apartment. She opened up her wallet to get out her ID, and she had several IDs in her wallet. So I had to ask, why do you have so many IDs? She said, I carry my mother's ID, my uncle's ID, my cousin's ID, in case I need them. And there you go, my friends. Huh? And you're going to tell me that welfare fraud is not rampant in Massachusetts? I mean, ay, aye, aye. You see, the mother gets food stamps, the uncle gets food stamps, the cousin gets food stamps, I get food stamps. In other words, everybody, you just keep using all these same IDs. And, you know, right down the list. Snap, EBT. Fuel assistance, free health care, free education, housing vouchers, just a whole enchilada, baby. Kenny in Westin, thanks for holding Kenny and welcome. Good morning, Jeff. Hello, Kenny. How are you? Happy New Year. Well, it's February, but sure, okay. Kenny, I got to ask you, do you carry your mother's ID? Your uncle's ID? Your second cousin's ID? Oh, we don't talk. No, holy kidding. I know. No, let me guess. You're like me. You're like a typical American. You just carry your own ID? Let me guess. Yes. Wow. Wow. Now I've lost a lot of weight, so I've got to kind of keep up that image, you know? And I've got to make special. Hey, Jeff, back about two months ago, Diane DeZilla was here. Uh, had a town meeting, or came over to Weston to the town meeting. So. I'm thinking myself, holy me, Saturday, 6 o'clock. I get over there like at 5.15 because I'm thinking, this place is going to be, I know it's going to be packed. Because I know how these people are, and they've got the banners up, democracy, and all my, I mean, they're very much, very much involved with the town, which is great, which is wonderful, that kind of, you know, so I'm thinking myself, wow, so now I get over there. Now it's about dying comes in, so it's now that's about five and this or six.

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Next to you know, 10 after six. Well, like, wait a minute. We all got the wrong place, the wrong place. Diane, her driver, her aide, that's three, myself, this other guy, Peter, another woman, five, and maybe one or two other people. What, oh, wait, seven people, maybe, maybe? I'm like, where's everybody? Now, I mean, you see them out there protesting anti-ice and blah, blah, blah, which is fine, you know, which is fine. You know, they're on the weekends. And I'm thinking, there's going to be a big showing. Nobody's interested. Nobody's interested. No, no. Nobody's curious. I mean, I don't have a dog in the fight, but I'm kind of curious to hear what's going on. Amazing. Amazing. So there you go. Well, look. They're trying to, Kenny, they've been the media, the Democrats, and frankly, even the Republicans. They're trying to blackball Diana DiZoglio, the state auditor. They don't advertise. They don't promote. They don't cover her. They don't go on to give her any attention. They're basically trying to ghost her as if she doesn't exist. Because her logic, and by the way, she's very moderate on the issue of the state audit. You want my aunt, and I like her a lot, please don't misunderstand this. I think she's way too moderate personally, okay? But that doesn't matter. She's right. You know, this is her argument. Her argument is 73% of the people of Massachusetts across the entire political spectrum, Democrats, independents, and Republicans. voted for a state audit on the ballot. Open up the books. Have transparency. Let's see what our government is spending its money on. Honor the wishes of the voters and the people. That's it. That's literally. That's her argument. She's not saying there is fraud. She's not saying she's going to prosecute fraud. She's not saying she's going to make referrals to prosecute fraud. All she says is, please just open up the books. Like, you know, pretty pleased with a cherry on top. We have an electoral mandate from the people to have a state audit. They're refusing to comply. They're obstructing. They're stonewalling her. And she just keeps pleading and pleading and pleading. And all she's saying is, what are you hiding? It's illegal, which is true. It's unconstitutional, which is true. It's immoral and unethical, which is true. It's a betrayal of the voters. It's a betrayal of democracy, which is true. It's all true. I mean, it's self-evident. It's self-evident. And yet... Channel 4, channel 5, channel 7, channel 10, channel 25. I don't care. The print media, the globe, you run down the list. They won't give her 30 seconds. The Republicans don't highlight her. They could be doing events in promoting her. They won't. The Democrats want to bury her. And so here's this woman who, you know, has the authority.

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to expose billions of dollars, if not tens of billions, in massive, almost unheard of waste, fraud and abuse, theft, corruption at the highest level. And they have frozen her out. I feel very sorry for her. She deserves a lot better than this. And she's a Democrat. Just so that people know, she's a Democrat. She's a registered Democrat. And she's just saying, just let me, like an accountant, let me just do an audit. So that tells you everything you need to know. So anyway, well, look, I'm going to try to get her on, see if she's willing to come on the Cooner Report. I am going to ask some tough questions about what she thinks they're trying to hide. And, you know. How far does she think the corruption and the rot goes? What's up, everybody? It's Bretzky. And America is turning 250. And I can't think of a better way to celebrate that than playing on an American-owned social casino, SpinQuest.com. With all of your favorite games, live craps, bubble craps, live blackjack, there's no better place to play for free and win real cash prizes. SpinQuest.com. SpendQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit SpenQuest.com for more details. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our war fighters, delivers mission-ready intelligence, advances life-saving healthcare, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage. The best skaters, BMX riders and moto athletes in the world don't compete in leagues. Until now. The X-Games League Championship is live from New Orleans, July 24th through 26th. Three days of elite action sports, plus performances from Metro Boomin, J-I-D, Subtronics, and Bunt. Watch on ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2. Stream on the ESPN app, Roku, Kick, Amazon, and X-Games YouTube. The inaugural champion gets crowned this July. Babe, did you see that Moto Casino is giving a 1,776,000 worth of prizes? That's why they're called America's Social Casino, celebrating the birth of America bigger than anyone else. You can win incredible experiences at NASCAR and F1 races and a grand prize of 1 million sweeps coins. So what are you waiting for? Spin now on Moto Casino. Download the Moto Casino app today. Moto Casino is a social casino board where prohibited. No purchase necessary. Visit motto.us for more details.

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Okay, let me ask all of you, my friends, have you ever witnessed welfare fraud? That is the Cooner Country poll question of the day, sponsored by Marios. Mario's aluminum siding and windows. Do you, have you ever witnessed welfare fraud? A yes. Be no. You can vote on my webpage. Just go to WRCO.com slash Cooner. W.R.k.o.com slash Cooner. You can also vote via X. My handle on X. There is at the Cooner Report. At the Cooner Report. KUH. N is in National ER. I'm a yes. I'm an A on this. When I go shopping, whether it's Big Wah, especially my local stop and shop, I can't tell you how many times I've seen illegal aliens, and they're clearly illegal. They don't speak a word of English. And I see a beautiful pickup truck, probably because they do construction on the side in the parking lot. And there they are. It's usually a husband and wife or whatever, a couple. And two carts of food, not one, two. Two. Loaded. I mean, it's got everything. Stakes. pork chops, chicken breast, rice, potatoes, fruits, salads. I don't know what now with these new requirements, but in the past, sodas, chips, junk food, you name it. It's loaded. I mean, it's loaded. I don't buy two carts of food. And believe me, I got two teenagers at home. I mean, they're reading me at a house and home, but I don't buy two carts. They have two carts. And boom, Mr. Brand New pickup truck. They pull out their wallet, wads of cash, and there's the Snap EBT cart. There's that EBT cart right there. And it's exactly what, you know, Julie said in her when she, you know, messaged me earlier. He's got expensive clothes. She's got an expensive handbag. They've got, you know, everything is top dollar. Beautiful watches, beautiful jewelry. And there comes that EBT card. Okay? There comes that snap card. And I'm saying to myself, you're not poor. You're not even close to poor. So I just, you know what? I just paid for those two carts.

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us, the taxpayers, we paid for your two cards. So, yes, I see welfare fraud almost on a weekly basis. No ID. They're never asked to show any ID. And it's true what Julie said. And what some callers have said, they can even get cash back. I'm looking at this. I go, whoa, whoa, whoa. What is this? An ATM bank card? This is supposed to be to buy food. So what do you mean you can get cash back? If you can get cash back, you can spend cash on anything. Drugs, booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, whatever. Jewelry, whatever, I don't care. So this is a program for poor, needy, disadvantaged Americans. Okay? Poor, needy, disadvantaged Americans. And suddenly it's become this cash cow for illegals. And now the U.S. attorney from Massachusetts arrested a fraud ring, just announced it two days ago. where they're raiding and stealing from SNAP and the SNAP program on top of another fraud ring, what is it, a month or six weeks ago, where they got two Haitians, two Haitian nationals, for $7 million in a SNAP fraud ring. And we have the state auditor's office now saying there's $12 million they've easily found in fraud, most of it from the SNAP program, the food stamp program. And the White House is saying it's rampant, it's prevalent, it's everywhere. Give us the personal information on every SNAP recipient in Massachusetts because we're going to uncover a ton of fraud. And Morahili is obstructing. She will not hand it over. She won't hand it over because she knows she hands it over. It's finished. Finito. She's done and the Democratic Party is done. Agree. Disagree. Angelo in Rockland. Thanks for holding, Angelo and welcome. It's time for an audit between... The vote is wanting it, and what we see unraveling, it's time. It's just time. The lies just keep spewing out from, no, we're not doing this, no, we're not doing that, you're Nazis, you're this. Everything's a lie they say to try to keep the power. It's unreal what we're all seeing. And the American people are very smart. They've had enough. We're not going to go burn our city down to prove a point. All we want is a safe audit and people held accountable for the wrongs they're doing. That's all. We just want America to be great. That's it. And come in legal and we'll help you out. Don't rob our eyes out of our head. We need, I like a short sleeve to be quite honest with you. He's a veteran. He's a good guy.

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I think he would do a good. He's a businessman. He do a good job for our state. And, you know, we need heroes that that. put their lives on the line and really love the country, and that's what we need. We can't have all this what's going on. They're trying to bankrupt America and make us a third world country. We all know that. And, man, do they have their hoofs in doing what they're doing? We need heroes, not mattress heroes. That's what I got to say, Jeff. Well, I got to say on Brian Shortsleave, I think he was the first. I may be wrong on this. I don't think I am. At least, look, I can only go by what I receive. Okay. But this is what I get in my inbox. It's up to their communications people to target the media, to get their message out to the media. So I can only go by what I get. Shortsleave was the first one to go after Healy on this fraud scandal on Snap. And to point out that Rhode Island had already warned her in June of 2024, you've got stolen identities. They're mostly coming from Massachusetts. The money is going to mostly Massachusetts fraudsters. And they're using two apartments in Providence. And they're claiming 117 stolen identities. and all of them getting EBT SNAP benefits, 117 in two apartments. We're talking massive fraud. And she was tipped off, clearly tipped off by Rhode Island, and she did nothing. She didn't say anything to the feds. She didn't launch her own investigation. She did nothing. In fact, she tried to sweep it under the rug. Now, she's trying to deny that now, but she can deny until the cows come home. The facts are the facts are the facts. So short sleeve was the first one out of the gate to go after Healy. But look, I'm not trying to poo-poo short-sleeve. As I said, whoever wins the primary I will support because Healy is that much of a disaster. I look at all three of them, Mike Minogue, Mike Kenilely, and shortsleave. They've got to be much stronger. I mean, I'm sorry. They got to be mad. Just look at the Minnesota Republican Party how they're hammering waltz, how they're hammering Ilhan Omar, how they're now hammering Amy Klobuchar. It's like night and day. You know, for a mass Republican to make any kind of a criticism, oh, oh, it's like a heroic act. You got to smash them. You got to break them. You got to shame him. No, look, I'm, Angelo, look, here it is. Let me say it, because it needs to be said. Morahili is a crook. And the Democrat Party is a corrupt criminal organization.

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And the reason why they don't want a state audit is because they are covering up billions and billions and billions of dollars, of which this snap fraud scheme is just the tip of the iceberg of stealing taxpayer money and running a pay-to-pay operation here in Massachusetts in which they're sending money or allowing money to be given to illegals in exchange for votes. That's what's going on. And people need to be sent away in handcuffs. This is the rape, the plunder, the abuse of taxpayers and our money. Now, I'm sorry, that's what it is. Now, they're saying that in Minnesota. The Republicans are, because it's true. And they're on the verge of a red wave. I mean, I know we're still, what is it, eight, nine months away from the election. But, you know, they're breaking them like an egg. Here, a press release is a big thing for them. And, you know, we want accountability. We want transparency. This is a pattern among more healy. Because I know the people who run their campaigns. I know the losers who run their campaigns. And everything is poll tested. They poll test every word. Like they're losers. They lose. I don't know why they even get hired. Well, I know why. They're paid to lose. They lose election after election after election. And so they put their candidate in a straitjacket. And they tie their hands. So my advice to Brian Shortsleaf, if he's listening, just let her rip, man. Mike Minogue, let her rip. Caneli, let her rip. Don't hold back. You're the underdog anyway. You're not expected to win anyway. You're up against a formidable Democrat machine that uses voter fraud to steal and rig elections. So what are you parsing your words for? Why are you weighing every word and every phrase and just speak the truth? And people will listen. But if you come across as just another politician, another slick, packaged politician, then the Democrats are going to win. In other words, when you're running against a gangster, call her a gangster. It's like going up against Al Capone. He's a gangster. Call him out. Angelo, am I wrong? Final word to you. No, you're absolutely right. Take the gloves off. They've been causing havoc in this country. Thank you. Too much city burn, all this ridiculous to get their lives across. Don't forget, they're doing what they have to do. You hit the nail on the head many times by saying they'll burn the country down just to not lose their power. And, you know, we're not going to the streets. We're doing it by the pen with civilized people. We want to help everybody, and that's our hearts are there. But come in legally, do the right thing. And that's it, Jeff. I mean, they've got to just...

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expose them for what they are, and let's roll and keep America going great. I couldn't believe what you said earlier, how if they just budgeted the snap alone, it would straighten out all our bills here. It's unreal. Let's get on it. Keep on them, and that's the end of them. Amen. I agree. Look, just the welfare fraud. I mean, this is coming from the Treasury Department. This is Scott Bessent, and Elon Musk is saying he's right. The whole country, not just mass, obviously, the whole country, $2 trillion. We thought it was $700 billion, and that was an incredible number, okay? A massive, unheard of number. They're saying, no, no, no. We're looking at maybe $1.5.2 trillion. That's the whole budget, the budget deficit. That's the budget deficit right there. It's unbelievable. Look, it breaks my heart to say this. You have no idea how much it breaks my heart to say this, okay, because my parents are from Eastern Europe, and I know that area very well, and they're known for corruption. It's not just communism, to be fair, before communism, it's now after communism. They just, whatever, they just, corruption and public corruption and stealing people's money. It's just more common in that part of the world, and frankly say even in Western Europe, okay? I believe now, if you're just looking at dollar amounts, We're the most corrupt country in the world. I'm sorry. It breaks my heart to say this. Even the Russians don't steal $2 trillion. I'm telling you, they don't. They don't have $2 trillion to steal. Even the communist Chinese, they don't steal two trillion. The Ukrainians, which is maybe the most corrupt country in Europe, them and the Russians, okay? It's always a fight between them who's number one? I mean, yeah, they're stealing hundreds of billions because we're sending it there. But they're not stealing trillions because you can't, there's nothing, you don't have, they don't have trillions to steal. This is a mind-boggling amount of money. that is now being siphoned off and abused and wasted and outright stolen. And it's, I'm not saying Republicans are clean because they're never clean, but this is overwhelmingly among the Democrats. And this is what Newt Gingrich is saying. He's looking around like, what is wrong with everybody? This is the issue you can take, it's like a baseball bat to the head politically. You can smash and break the Democrats on this issue. And, I mean, Minnesota, the Republicans are running on this. But here in Massachusetts, nothing. And other states, nothing. Maine Republicans, nothing. I mean, Janet Mills has turned, she's a kleptocrat. Janet Mills has turned Maine into Little Somalia. And Maine, which was one of the cleanest, most honest states with one of the cleanest, most honest governments, is now another Minnesota. It is ripe with corruption, rife with corruption. So to me, this is the issue that Republicans should be running on. Who likes to have their tax money stolen? I mean, how is that a winning strategy for Democrats? And to steal it either for themselves or to give it to illegals.

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It's not even benefiting Americans for the most part. So, no, this, we've got them, but we've got to be willing to go after them. Thank you so much for that call, as always, Angelo. Dina in Reading, thanks for holding Dina and welcome. It's Dana. Good morning, Joe. Dana, I am, Mike, how to, I mean, you know. Please forgive my nervous voice. That's okay. Dana, go ahead, Dana. I'm listening to this this morning, and my blood is boiling as a taxpayer, as a legal U.S. citizen, as a resident of the state for the last 31 years. Just shy of two years ago, I received a letter from the state of Massachusetts instructing me to provide them proof that I've been looking. for work in order to continue to receive my unemployment benefits. So number one, I've never in my 40 plus year career as an engineer have filed for any unemployment or any public assistance program ever. And so I call up the state and I say what's going on here, what is, why am I getting this? And the lady was very kind and very polite, and she just said, oh, if this is not you, it's probably just fraud. She immediately rolled and said, it's fraud. And I pushed her for giving me an answer as to, well, who is this person and how did they get my personal information to claim unemployment insurance from the state of Massachusetts? She informed me that this person lived in Kentucky but wouldn't give me any name or other. leads to follow up on. And I said, well, what's my recourse? I want this corrected. I don't want this on my record. I don't want to continue getting these notices in the mail. And I want this fraud stopped, first and foremost. And she, her attitude to me was just very black sedesical, very, not unwilling, but just, oh, this happens a lot. And especially in the state of Kentucky, there's a... cozy relationship with Massachusetts unemployment and Kentucky. So there's apparently across state boundaries a lot of fraud going on. Once the money transfers from the state of Massachusetts out of state, how does it get? Correct. There's no trace. How does it get traced? How does all this fraud that's being perpetrated on the American taxpayer, in particular state of Massachusetts taxpayers, how does that – you can't put a number on it, Jeff. It's beyond SNAP and EBT. It's gross and disgusting. And it's just – I just wanted to say that, and that's just my experience.

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Yes, I have witnessed fraud and abuse directly at a grocery store multiple times. And, you know, what do you do? You don't dare say anything for fear of being escorted out of the building and not being able to buy your own groceries. And they... apparently value the privacy and rights of illegals and people who commit fraud more so than legal American citizens who pay their taxes dutifully every year. and stay out of trouble and abide by the rule of law. So, you know, how do they get my personal information? It was my first concern. And that's all I have to say, Jeff. Well, you nailed it. Look, they care more about illegals, foreigners. Let's be clear. These are foreign nationals who illegally came into our country, which means they broke the law. So they're criminals, okay? I understand it's civil. It's not technically criminal, but it's a crime. It's a crime to come into our country illegally. And never mind all the other crimes they commit, document fraud, identity fraud, fake social security numbers. I could go on and on, okay? So they will put criminal foreign nationals, their priorities, their interests, above hardworking, law-abiding American citizens. Now, that tells you everything you need to know about the Democrat Party, and in particular about this governor and about the Democrats who run this state with an iron fist. And it's not difficult to break their stranglehold, but you've got to have guts, you've got to have courage, you've got to have honesty, you have to have authenticity, and you have to be willing to stand up to this corrupt machine. And, you know, we need a fighter. That's what, you know, you really want to know what we need. We need a Donald Trump. Oh, I have had no luck lately. Wait, lady luck? Brett Ski, I got you. I've had so much luck on SpinQuest.com. They have all of my favorite games, slot games, live blackjack craps, and bubble craps. You can even get a $30 coin pack for just $10 bucks. $10 for $30. I'm headed over to SpinQuest.com right now. SpinQuest is a free-to-play social casino. Avoid where prohibited. Visit spendquest.com for more details. Vital doesn't always mean visible. Across America, advanced technology is working behind the scenes, strengthening our nation. It protects our war fighters, delivers mission-ready intelligence, advances life-saving healthcare, and defends the critical infrastructure that keeps our country moving. At GDIT, we power the systems that help America operate, connect, and stay secure. Every hour, every mission, every day. GDIT, behind America's invisible advantage.

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