Not every country in the world is interested in ethical behavior. America, even with its flaws, values honesty. Many years ago, my husband and I were talking to a missionary who trained pastors in another country. He talked about the problem of explaining to them that it was wrong to cheat on their exams. In their country, cheating was no big deal. America needs to consider the values of the countries it accepts immigrants from or we will find ourselves dealing with pockets of immigrants who see nothing wrong with cheating. We are dealing with that problem now in Minnesota.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, The City Journal<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare regimes in the country, are asleep at the switch. And the media, duty-bound by progressive pieties, refuse to connect the dots.<\/strong><\/p>\n In many cases, the fraud has allegedly been perpetrated by members of Minnesota\u2019s sizeable Somali community. Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab. As one confidential source put it: \u201cThe largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Our investigation shows what happens when a tribal mindset meets a bleeding-heart bureaucracy, when imported clan loyalties collide with a political class too timid to offend, and when accusations of racism are cynically deployed to shield criminal behavior. The predictable result is graft, with taxpayers left to foot the bill.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article continues:<\/p>\n If you were to design a welfare program to facilitate fraud, it would probably look a lot like Minnesota\u2019s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The HSS program, the first of its kind<\/a> in the country, was launched with a noble goal: to help seniors, addicts, the disabled, and the mentally ill secure housing. It was designed with \u201clow barriers to entry\u201d and \u201cminimal requirements for reimbursement.\u201d Nonetheless, before the program went live in 2020, officials pegged its annual estimated price tag at $2.6 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n Costs quickly spiraled out of control. In 2021, the program paid out more than $21 million in claims. In the following years, annual costs shot up to $42 million, then $74 million, then $104 million. During the first six months of 2025, payouts totaled $61 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n On August 1, Minnesota\u2019s Department of Human Services moved<\/a> to scrap the HSS program, noting that payment to 77 housing-stabilization providers had been terminated this year due to \u201ccredible allegations of fraud.\u201d Joe Thompson, then the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, went even further, stating<\/a> that the \u201cvast majority\u201d of the HSS program was fraudulent.<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging it. By extension, that means recognizing the problem\u2019s true source. So far, Minnesota\u2019s governing class and its media establishment have failed to take that basic step. Minnesotans will have to confront the uncomfortable but unavoidable reality: members of the Somali community have played a central role in the massive fraud now engulfing the North Star State.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please follow the link above to read the entire article. There is no reason that American taxpayers should be funding terrorism!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not every country in the world is interested in ethical behavior. America, even with its flaws, values honesty. Many years ago, my husband and I were talking to a missionary who trained pastors in another country. He talked about the … Continue reading