How misreading Somali poverty led Minnesota into its largest welfare scandal
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How misreading Somali poverty led Minnesota into its largest welfare scandal
The logical result of such tribal immigration is now upon us. Somali immigrants, both legal and illegal, have pulled off a likely multibillion-dollar welfare fraud in Minnesota — perhaps the greatest single heist of welfare funds in the nation’s history. They were empowered by the usual DEI boilerplate rhetoric from their Minnesota champions, Rep.... See more
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Let’s extrapolate the numbers: The US Census reports about 107,000 people of Somali descent in Minnesota; if we’re generous and say that each one of them pays taxes, their per-capita state and local tax contribution is about $630.
Yet the average Minnesota taxpayer paid roughly $8,050 in state and local taxes in 2024 — and sent $16,044 to the... See more
Yet the average Minnesota taxpayer paid roughly $8,050 in state and local taxes in 2024 — and sent $16,044 to the... See more
Media leap to defend Minnesota’s Somali fraudsters — but trip over the awful truth
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, for example, claimed the fraud price tag touted by federal prosecutors is totally inaccurate: Members of the Somali diaspora likely stole only $152 million, the paper huffed — before acknowledging that the total amount “is expected to grow as ongoing state and federal investigations into the state programs continue.”
Media leap to defend Minnesota’s Somali fraudsters — but trip over the awful truth
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🇺🇸 MINNESOTA’S $1 BILLION SOMALI WELFARE HEIST WASN’T FRAUD - IT WAS A STATE-SPONSORED COLONIZATION SCHEME
Stephen Miller just dropped the mic: the Somali networks that vacuumed up over a billion in taxpayer cash from child nutrition, autism therapy, and housing programs isn’t some rogue scam.... See more