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Re: Trump Puts CA and MN on Fraud Notice

“There is no incentive for state governments to stop fraud. The state would have to spend its own money on personnel, IT, and systems to do so. Let’s say a state recovers $750 million from fraud: All of that money would be returned to the feds; none of it is kept by the state. The Treasury Department wouldn’t even send a thank-you note. I hope Congress enacts policy that will include state incentives for identifying, preventing, and recovering fraud.” —South Carolina

“Every dollar fraudulently paid by the federal government to the states was or should have been approved by at least one federal employee and one state employee, both of whom were charged with making sure each and every dollar was justified and in compliance with all rules and regulations. Yet nobody is talking about rooting out all these lazy, negligent, and/or knowingly complicit government employees. Lock them up! Any deal should include prison time commensurate with the taxpayer dollars lost.” —California

“Good article, Mr. Andrews. It’s too bad we can’t put the deadbeat bureaucrats to work with some oversight monitoring of government handouts. Too much, if not all, government funding is doled out with no accountability. Should have kept DOGE intact.” —Illinois

“Most of this fraud was made possible when FDR and LBJ misled us about the meaning of ‘promote the general Welfare’ in the Constitution. The ultimate answer is to put the responsibility for funding ‘welfare’ entirely in the hands of the states, and use RICO statutes whenever a state engages in corruption.” —Minnesota

“Great! Now go after fraudulent disability claims and such. We are a giving people, but we will not be taken advantage of!” —Illinois

Re: Farm Labor, Congress, and Amnesty

“Amend the bill to say that no H-2A visas will be issued unless states certify there are no able-bodied non-student SNAP, Medicaid, or Section 8 housing recipients without a job offer within 100 miles of the place where workers are needed. The amendment should also provide limited transportation assistance to help otherwise jobless recipients get to the fields. If we’re going to feed them, at least they can help harvest the food.” —Minnesota

“Why can’t incarcerated people be put to work in our fields? Why not put to work the teens who are supposed to be performing community service? Mostly because of laziness; they don’t want to get their hands dirty. The fault starts with the parents, schools, society, and government giveaways. We all could do better. Responsibility!” —Arizona

“Maybe some time in the fields will wean some of the lifelong welfare frauds off of getting something for nothing. I don’t think that is cruel. You work, you eat. You don’t work, you starve. In other words, you don’t get steak if you can’t afford it; you get bread with gravy.” —Illinois

Re: Mamdani’s Netanyahu Crusade Is an Attack on American Sovereignty

“This is just part of Mamdani’s brand-building. Mamdani — despite an obvious and visceral hatred of Netanyahu — is blowing smoke. He wants everyone’s eyes on the ball, and he wants the ball perpetually bouncing in his court. The more ink that is spilled about this, the more it benefits Mamdani.” —Oklahoma

Re: The Sad Fight Over Veterans Reform

“I am a disabled Veteran who gets VA disability and SSDI. Believe me, SSDI is much harder to get than VA disability, but I have an 80% rating with TDUI (basically means I can’t work in the field I chose after I got out of the military in 1994). To look at me, you would think I am perfectly healthy, but I have a few issues from the military (bad hips and knees), and I wake up in pain every day like a retired football player. My daily pain level is higher than most people will ever experience. Drugs don’t work anymore, and I am allergic to aspirin, so NSAIDS are out. Without VA disability and SSDI, I would be on the streets with my wife. I hope that lawmakers will get off their butts and get things done for the Vets who haven’t been as lucky as me.” —Illinois

Re: Smacking Some Patriotism Into the Next Generation

“Good on this Vet! My brother went to Korea at the age of 17; he then went to Vietnam … and survived. Those who dishonor our nation, our Vets, and our flag deserve to be smacked and deserve to be shipped off to Red China (let’s see how that plays out!). Two classmates and a biker buddy died in Vietnam, so I have zero tolerance for these uneducated brats who think the world owes them.” —Colorado

“I once did something similar to a young man who was goofing around during the presenting of the colors. I told him, ‘Better men than you have died for that flag and what it stands for.’” —Kansas

Re: George Washington’s Enduring Advice for Americans Today

“We can always depend on The Patriot Post to rise above the deafening mass media chatter and remind us of what is most important and enduring and who we really are. Thank you.” —Ohio

“These words from Washington do indeed transcend time. The Indispensable Man’s wisdom was, and remains, remarkable!” —New York