1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: Good morning, cooner Country. Okay, did the cooner man call it? 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 2: Hell? 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: Did we call it cooner country? Huh? How many callers 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: texters emailers were saying, Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, you start doing 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: just a little bit of investigating, you're going to see 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: the kind of sweeping, blatant, grotesque welfare fraud here in 7 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: the Commonwealth, the People's Republic of Marksachusetts, as you have 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: been seeing now in Minnesota. So as many of you 9 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: know right now, they have found nineteen billion dollars worth 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: of welfare fraud committed not exclusively but predominantly within the 11 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: Somali community, especially amongst Somali illegal aliens. And they think 12 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: that's just a tip of the iceberg that you're looking 13 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: at even more than nineteen billion, which is and that's 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: just in one state alone, where they have used shell companies, 15 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: scams to literally steal taxpayer money, taxpayer money that was 16 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: meant to go to daycare center's home health to take 17 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: care of the elderly or the invalid, as well as Medicaid, 18 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: school lunch programs. You name it, highway robbery, pure theft. Well, 19 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: guess what it's now coming to Massachusetts. And I want 20 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: to give a big hat tip to the US Attorney 21 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: Lea Foley. She just a couple days ago announced another 22 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: high profile arrest and here in Boston, and so here 23 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: is now what is happening? According now to the US attorney, 24 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: they made an arrest of four individuals. One is a 25 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic, the other is a 26 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: Green card holder. Two others are illegal aliens. So there 27 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: was a group of Dominicans and Venezuelans, two illegal too, 28 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: I guess legal. One is a Green card holder, the 29 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 1: other one is a naturalized citizen. They were using a 30 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: restaurant in Lemonster, Okay, as the epicenter of a massive scheme. Now, 31 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: what's different about Massachusetts is that it seems at least 32 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: on the surface and we're just scratching the surface. It 33 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: seems that here, unlike Minnesota. Minnesota, it was the daycares 34 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: that was the real where the action was in terms 35 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: of the fraud and the scamming and the stealing from 36 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: taxpayer money, it seems, at least so far, on the surface, 37 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: it's snap food stamps, snap EBT cards. That's where it 38 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: seems a lot of the fraud is being emanating here 39 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Four of these individuals were arrested. 40 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: They were arrested for stealing over one million dollars in 41 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: snap EBT benefits. Apparently they had stolen over one hundred identities. 42 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: These are, you know, Americans like you and me, many 43 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: who live in not just in Massachusetts, in Rhode Island, 44 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: they live in New Jersey, they live in Florida, they 45 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: live in Kentucky, they live in states all across the country. 46 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: And they used their names and social Security numbers fraudulently 47 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: to collect food stamps and snap EBT cards. They would 48 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: then go to say, the local market basket, the local 49 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: grocery store, the local stopping shop, with all of these 50 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: snap EBT cards loaded tens and tens and tens of 51 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars worth each time, and they would buy 52 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: stuff for this restaurant, El Primo in Lemonster, And you're 53 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: just asking yourself how extensive and how widespread is this. 54 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: They would go in and they bought everything. They bought chicken, 55 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: they bought pork, they bought beef. I'm talking massive amounts 56 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: of food, anything that they needed for the restaurant, you 57 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: name it. So they stalked the restaurant with all of 58 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: this food from this SNAP program and the Snap BBT cards, 59 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: so they're not paying anything for the food, and of 60 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: course they put it up on the menu, they get 61 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: full profit. They then use the profit line their pockets 62 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: with it, or they send the money. Many of them 63 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: were sending wire transactions to their family members in the 64 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: Old Country, in Venezuela or in the Dominican Republic. In 65 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: some cases they weren't even buying the food, they just 66 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: were selling the cards that they just sold it and 67 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: just pocketed the cash and again put some in their 68 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,359 Speaker 1: pocket and then wired the rest to their family in 69 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Now, as far as this 70 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: case is concerned, yes there was fraud. Yes it was 71 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: a scam. Yes it was a fraud ring, as Lea Foley, 72 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: the US attorney said, But and that stole their use, 73 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: stolen identities from multiple states, and it basically emanated here 74 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: in Massachusetts. But what is also extremely important, and the 75 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: media in this state is deliberately covering it up and 76 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: now has the attention of the White House, where the 77 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: White House itself is now getting involved in this high 78 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: profile investigation, in this high profile prosecution and indictments of 79 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: these four scammers. Is that last in fact two years ago? 80 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: What last year? In June of twenty twenty four to 81 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: be exact. Rhode Island said there's something fishy going on 82 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 1: with some of these residents in Massachusetts. They're using stolen identities, 83 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventeen of them, and they claim that 84 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: they're living in two apartments in Providence, Rhode Island. How 85 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: to hell do one hundred and seventeen people live in 86 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: two small, single family apartments. It's obvious it's massive fraud. 87 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: They're stealing money from the SNAP program, i e. From taxpayers. 88 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: They gave hold it heat Pump Heey, They gave heat 89 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: Pump a warning. They told Governor Healey there's a massive 90 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: fraud going on. It's we've got them. It's they're living 91 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: in Rhode Island, or they're claiming residents in Rhode Island, 92 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: but they've got a restaurant in Massachusetts. They also have 93 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: separate residences in Massachusetts. You need to be aware of this, 94 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: you need to prosecute this. Instead, Mora Heally deliberately turned 95 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: a blind eye. She did nothing. She didn't notify the Feds, 96 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: she didn't launch a prosecution of her own. She didn't 97 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: have it investigated. She did nothing. And if it wasn't 98 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: for the US Attorney, and if it wasn't for the 99 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: FEDS and the cooperation of authorities in Rhode Island, they 100 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: would still be stealing our money. Now on top of this, so, 101 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: by the way, the White House now says they want 102 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: an investigation of Mori Heally, what did she know and 103 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: when did she know it? And I don't blame them, 104 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: I absolutely don't blame them because she clearly did know 105 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: and she tried to cover it up. She is covering 106 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: up massive welfare fraud, just like Tim Waltz, just like 107 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: Jacob Fry, just like Elano Maarn Minnesota. This arrest and 108 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: this fraud scheme that's been exposed comes on the heels 109 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: of another high profile arrest by US Attorney LEA. Foley 110 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: by the FEDS, this time in December or whatever, over 111 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: a month ago, of two Haitian nationals, and they stole 112 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: seven million dollars from the SNAP program seven million and counting, 113 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: whereby they again were using fake identities or false identities, 114 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: They had stolen identities, and they were fraudulently getting all 115 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: of these snap benefits or snap ebt cards and then 116 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: selling them for cash and then wiring it to their 117 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: friends or family members in hap in Haiti. Now it's 118 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: at least eight million, approaching ten million. What Leo Foley 119 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: is saying, what the White House is saying, what federal 120 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: investigators are saying, is that this is just skimming the surface. 121 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: It is the tip of the iceberg. This is just 122 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: them taking a quick look, and they've already discovered millions 123 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: and millions and millions of our taxpayer money is being stolen, 124 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: defrauded right underneath our noses. They believe that we're talking 125 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: about billions and billions of dollars just in food stamp 126 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 1: snap ebt fraud. We're not even talking about medicaid fraud 127 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: or other forms of welfare fraud. Billions of dollars in 128 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: Massachusetts of our taxpayer money. And I predicted this was 129 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: going to happen. I said, you watch. All you've got 130 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: to do is start to look underneath the surface, start 131 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: doing some basic investigations, and what you're gonna find is 132 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: that Massachusetts is now the new Minnesota. It is as corrupt, 133 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: if not more corrupt, here than in Minnesota. Why because 134 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: when you have one party rule, one party Democrat rule. 135 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: Very good. Dear friend of mine texted me while we 136 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: were just off air now and he said, Jeff, after 137 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: hearing that opening monologue, my god, is it time for 138 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: that audit? 139 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 2: No? 140 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: I agree, And now you know why the Democrats are 141 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: stonewalling even though it passed. What is it's seventy two 142 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: seventy three percent support in November of twenty twenty four. 143 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: Just open up the books, have an audit, look at 144 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: where our taxpayer money is being spent in the state 145 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: budget up on Beacon Hill in the state legislature. And 146 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter Democrats, Republicans, independents overwhelming support, they voted 147 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: for the state audit, and Heally is blocking it. Andrea Campbell, 148 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: the state attorney general, is blocking it. The House Speaker 149 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: is blocking it, the Senate President is blocking it. It's obvious. 150 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: It's obvious. There is massive, massive fraud in just the Snap, 151 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: the food stamp, the SNAP program alone, and we're looking 152 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: at potentially now billions of dollars UH six point twenty 153 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: on the Great WRKO Jeff Cooner Boston's bulldozer six one 154 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight is the number. Okay, uh, 155 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: this this is a scandal now that is bleeding. Morey 156 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 1: Healy is bleeding. The White House now is getting involved. 157 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: They sense a cover up, they know the cover up 158 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: is here, and they know that they're looking at a 159 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: potential amount of fraud that rivals anything we've seen in Minnesota, 160 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: and we're now beginning to see already in California as 161 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: we're getting some initial preliminary investigations. Now, let me just 162 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: give you a little bit more of a background on 163 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: what they uncovered, and then I want to open up 164 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: the phone lines. Six one, seven, two, sixty six, sixty eight, 165 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: sixty eight is the number. So there was a fraud ring, 166 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, and it uh, this is the most 167 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: recent one. Four individuals were arrested. The ring leader is 168 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: from the Dominican Republic. He's apparently a naturalized citizen. However, 169 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: there were two illegal aliens as well, and they stole 170 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: over one hundred identities. So they had stolen identities from 171 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,559 Speaker 1: not just in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but from Florida, 172 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, from all over the country, 173 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: including by the way, six juveniles. Okay, so they weren't 174 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: having like teenagers and putting them down and saying, you know, 175 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: by the way from the same address, or two addresses. 176 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: So there were two apartments that they were claiming that 177 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: all of these people lived. You know, they're living in 178 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: different states, but they're claiming they're living in these two 179 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: apartments in Providence, and all of them are requesting massive 180 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: amounts of you know, Snap and Snappy BT cards, that's 181 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: the one they really want. And so they were getting 182 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: collecting all of these Snap benefits and then they were 183 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:15,599 Speaker 1: either buying food at these supermarkets to stalk up inventory 184 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 1: for their restaurant, if you can believe it, and then 185 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: you know, just making full one hundred percent profit on it, 186 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: or they were selling the food, or they were selling 187 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: the actual cards for cash, and then they were they 188 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: took some of the money obviously, but they were also 189 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: wiring the money to family and friends, especially family both 190 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: in the Dominican Republic and in Venezuela. Now, according this 191 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: is what Lea Foley said in her when she announced 192 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: the arrests, and so this is what Leo Foley said. 193 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: Lea Foley said, and this is what's now tipped off 194 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: the White House quote she said that there was no 195 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: referral from Massachusetts whatsoever, even though the governor had been 196 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: tipped off, in fact, not once, but multiple times by 197 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: authorities in Rhode Island that there were residents, you know, 198 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: citizens and residents you know in Massachusetts who were running 199 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: a massive fraud scheme using apartments in Providence and stolen identities, 200 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: and they were told we're talking about potentially millions and 201 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: millions of dollars in taxpayer money being stolen and fraudulently 202 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: being abused, and that Morihey deliberately refused to do a thing. 203 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: She refused to investigate, she refused to refer to the feds, 204 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: she refused to make any arrests. She I mean, she 205 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: just she sat on it. In fact, she tried to 206 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: cover it up and pretend it wasn't happening. So this 207 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: is what Foley said in her press conference several days ago, 208 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: this on Tuesday. By the way, the state of Rhode 209 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: Island picked up on the fraud in June of twenty 210 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: twenty four, so that's nearly two years ago when they 211 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: identified snap EBT applications. To me, this is unbelievable. For 212 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventeen people all of whom purported to 213 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: be living in just two apartments in Providence, Rhode Island. 214 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: Also discovered that many of the victim's identities also received 215 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: SNAP benefits here in Massachusetts, and apparently the king ring, 216 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: the key ring leader, she mentions, was this individual, this 217 00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: this thief, this crook. Frankly, this comebag Raoul Fernandez Visioso, 218 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 1: a natural is citizen from the Dominican Republic, along with 219 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: some of his other collaborators, two illgal aliens from Venezuela 220 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: and a Green card holder. She goes on to say, 221 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: they also used the stolen identities of six juveniles to 222 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: secure SNAP EBT benefits in Rhode Island and in Massachusetts, 223 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to purchase inventory 224 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: for a restaurant in Massachusetts apparently was called El Primo 225 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: that was in Leminster, owned by the lead defendant, and 226 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: that would be this guy Visio or Visioso. Now, this 227 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: is on top of the seven million in SNAP benefits 228 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: that were stolen by just two Haitian nationals, and they 229 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 1: were arrested about a month ago. The White House now 230 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: has responded directly to the news of these schemes these 231 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: busted schemes six one, seven two six six sixty eight 232 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 1: sixty eight Okay. The White House now issued a statement 233 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:16,239 Speaker 1: saying that Governor Healey Holded Healy heat pump Healey, as 234 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: we like to call her, is putting and protecting fraudsters 235 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: above the constituents and taxpayers of Massachusetts. And in particular, 236 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: it's not just that. Clearly she tried to cover up 237 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: the fraud that was just exposed, and that was told 238 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: to her, uh well, in June of twenty twenty four. 239 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: So she's known about it for years and deliberately turned 240 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: the blind eye. And now we're seeing more and more 241 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: of these fraud rings being busted, arrest being made, and 242 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: more of them become being uncovered. But it's much worse 243 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: than that. The White House now says, Look, we think 244 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: Massachusetts is very much like Minnesota. In fact, we're positive 245 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: of it. What we want to do very simple, give 246 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: the personal information on everyone who's supposedly getting EBT benefitsay 247 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: especially snap EBT benefits Okay, food stamps, snap EBT these 248 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: cards you go into the grocery stores and they load 249 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: up the carts with food. We want to know how 250 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: many of them are being sent to households to certain individuals. 251 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: Are they tied to stolen identities? In other words, how 252 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: rampant is the fraud and cooperate with the US Department 253 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: of Agriculture because that's where the food stamp program comes from. 254 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: It's the USDA, the United States Department of Agriculture. Heally 255 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: is deliberately stone walling the FEDS. She doesn't want to 256 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: hand over any of this personal information. And the reason 257 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: is obvious. You handle over that personal information and you're 258 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: going to see, as the White House put it, a 259 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: massive amount of waste, fraud, and abuse prevalent across the 260 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 1: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. So all they saying is, look, if 261 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: you're running the program the way it's supposed to be run, 262 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 1: and if you're saying that fraud is very minimal as 263 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: you claim, then you should have no problem with us 264 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: having oversight and transparency. In other words, open up the 265 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 1: books and let us look at your list of recipients. 266 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 1: So snap EBT recipients. We have the personal names of 267 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: the people involved, the beneficiaries, and we'll just see is 268 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: it above board And she won't hand it over. And 269 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: the reason why she won't hand it over it's obvious 270 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: is because this is the proverbial tip of the iceberg, 271 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: and she knows that, and this would wipe her out 272 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: in the election. This would come up. This would be 273 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: like Tim Waltz. Waltz cannot run for a third term 274 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: because of the Somali fraud scandal and his direct involvement 275 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: in the in the fraud scandal. It's this now, is 276 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: what Healy is potentially staring at right now. Now on 277 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: top of this last point, a couple of lines are open, 278 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: by the way, if you want to call six one, seven, 279 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: two sixty six, sixty eight sixty eight here in Massachusetts. 280 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: So you've got the arrests of this ring. You've got 281 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: another seven million dollar fraud scheme snap ebt just by 282 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: two Haitians. Okay, that was that was recently what is it? 283 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: A month ago? The State Auditor's office, Okay, Diane Disauglio's 284 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: office has announced that their Bureau of Special Investigations, this 285 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: is our this is Massachusetts is own state auditors. Now, ay, 286 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: the State Auditor's Office, they have identified eleven million, nine 287 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,280 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two thousand, two hundred and eighty eight 288 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: dollars in public benefits fraud. Let's not quibble, Okay, eleven 289 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: point nine million, twelve million, just basically twelve million. They've 290 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: identified twelve million dollars in public benefits fraud. Take a guess, 291 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:34,159 Speaker 1: Take a guess. The largest amount came from where. Just 292 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: take a guess, yep, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance program i e. 293 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:50,479 Speaker 1: Snap Ie food stamps and it wasn't even close. Most 294 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 1: of the fraud that they found was from the snap 295 00:22:53,960 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: EBT program, and a distant second was mass health basically 296 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: Medicaid state Medicaid. So they found there's a lot of 297 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: they found over one point three million dollars worth of 298 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: fraud just in mass Health. So here you've got one million, 299 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: seven million, twelve million, that's twenty million, and we just started. 300 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: You know, it's like coming into a house and you're saying, 301 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: oh my god, Jeff, it's it's you know, it's it's 302 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 1: a it's you know, it's it's they're running a prostitution 303 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: sex trafficking ring out of there. And you just opened 304 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: the door. You just literally opened the door, and you've 305 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: already found multiple crimes. He goes, we have. We haven't 306 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: even walked in yet. We just opened the oh and 307 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: they just that that that that that the hookers are 308 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: falling out of the door, the prostitutes are falling out 309 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,159 Speaker 1: of the door. So what I'm saying is they've just started, 310 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: and we're already at twenty million. Now two questions, and 311 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: I want to go to the phone lines six one, 312 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: seven two, six, six, sixty eight sixty eight is the 313 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: number number one? Are you surprised not that there's fraud, 314 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: but the extent of the fraud, how rampant the fraud is? 315 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm just curious, are you surprised? Furthermore, are you surprised 316 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: now that we are seeing obstruction and stonewalling on the 317 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: part of Moriheely will not hand over any personal information 318 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: on snap beneficiaries, playing stupid that she was, you know 319 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 1: that she was, that she wasn't tipped off by Rhode 320 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: Island when she clearly was tipped off. Are you surprised 321 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:49,479 Speaker 1: now that she is in desperate cover up mode? Have 322 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: you personally known of or witnessed welfare fraud in Massachusetts? 323 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: How rampant is it? How prevalent is it? And really 324 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 1: the ultimate question, and the White House is smelling blood. 325 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: Here is Massachusetts now on the verge of becoming the 326 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 1: new Minnesota. They want in they they want Scott Bessant, 327 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 1: they want the USDA, they want they want to they 328 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: want to open up the books. Because they're saying, you 329 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: open up the books, what you're going to find in 330 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: Massachusetts is the billions and billions and billions of fraud 331 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: and theft that we just spoted in Minnesota. And so 332 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: I guess my question to you is how deep does 333 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: the rock go? And are we now potentially the new Minnesota. 334 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: Six one seven two six six sixty eight sixty eight. 335 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: Matt in New Hampshire, you're going to kick us off. Matt, 336 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: thanks for holding and welcome. 337 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 3: Hey, Jeff, thanks for having me pal. I only have 338 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 3: a few minutes, so I'm gonna talk real fast, you know, 339 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 3: just to touch on the subject. I have a friend 340 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 3: that's on hord times right now and tried to get 341 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 3: some money out of the state. He based taxes. He 342 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 3: works hard, He's on some tough times right now. He 343 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 3: can't even get a penny. They are making them jump 344 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 3: through hoops. It is absolutely ridiculous. And you know what, 345 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 3: there is no way that all the people they give 346 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 3: the money to a jumping through the hoops he's trying 347 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,400 Speaker 3: to go through there, even telling. 348 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 2: Them he can't get it. 349 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 3: It's absolutely ridiculous where the money's going. 350 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: Well, Matt, I mean, let me ask you, do you 351 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 1: think they knew that all this money was going to 352 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: obvious fraudsters? 353 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 3: You know, Jeff, someone has to know. We talk about 354 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 3: it all the time. It's not just I mean, we'd 355 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 3: have to be a little bit naive to think that 356 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 3: it only happens in one place. 357 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 1: Well, you know, Matt, Look, they had one hundred and 358 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: seventeen stolen identities out of two addresses A two supposed 359 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: apartments in Providence. They had no problem getting benefits. They 360 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: had no problem getting you know, full I mean the 361 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: full Monty loaded up snap you know, SNAPYBT cards loaded 362 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: so they weren't jumping through hoops. So I think you're right. 363 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: I think it's very similar to what's happening in Minnesota. 364 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: You vote for US, you know, whether you come from 365 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: the Third world, or you're an illegal alien, or you're 366 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: politically connected or whatever, you vote for US, or you 367 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,399 Speaker 1: make sure you get people to vote for US, and 368 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: we'll give you all the freaking welfare you want, and 369 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: go ahead and steal and steal and steal. And I 370 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: think that's why Healey now doesn't want to hand over 371 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: the list, because if she hands over the list, we're 372 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 1: gonna find out most of the people who are collecting SNAP. 373 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,719 Speaker 1: Not all, obviously, but most of the people who are 374 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: collecting SNAP. It's very similar to Minnesota. They're fraudsters who 375 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 1: are bilking and stealing from the system, and people like 376 00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: your friend, who pay taxes, work hard, law abiding Americans, 377 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 1: they can't get a nickel. They can't get a nickel 378 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: because it's all being stolen for the Democrats. Matt, thank 379 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: you so much for that call. It's it's heartbreaking. I'm 380 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: going to reach you a message I got from chat 381 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 1: about his poor mother. Six one seven two six six 382 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: sixty eight sixty eight is the number. Okay. By the way, 383 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 1: this story is what I mean everywhere. It is everywhere. 384 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: And so four individuals have been arrested just a couple 385 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: of days ago here in the People's Republic of Marksachusetts 386 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: for stealing. And again this is when I say, we're 387 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: just barely scratching the surface for stealing more than one 388 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: million dollars just in food stamps, using one hundred and 389 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: seventeen stolen identities. Now the individuals charged are this is 390 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: the main culprit. Raoul Fernandez, Vicky Vickioso. He is a Dominican. 391 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: I think he has naturalized citizenship. But he's also a 392 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 1: Dominican citizen. Joel Vickioso Fernandez, Roman Viquez Fernandez. He's a 393 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: Venezuelan illegal coralba albarasin Siniva. I think he's also a 394 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,719 Speaker 1: venezuel He's a Venezuelan. I think he's also an illegal. Anyway, 395 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: and you see a picture, there's now a picture of 396 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: the ringleader, this guy, Raoul Fernandez Vikioso. And I think 397 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: it's a market basket. I don't know, it's a it's 398 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: a crate. And you know, like these big packs of 399 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: chicken breasts, you know, like whatever six of them in 400 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: a pack or whatever. It's a crate loaded. I'm looking 401 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: at at least thirty forty packs of these chicken breasts. 402 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: And he's there in his crocs, a hoodie, sweatpants. By 403 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: the way, I mean, you know, you know, look, I'm 404 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, I'm a you know, I got a spare tire. 405 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: I'm you know, I'm a pretty heavy guy. This guy 406 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: gives me a run for his money. Let me tell you, 407 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: this guy, he hasn't missed the meal. Let's put it 408 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: that way, okay. And there he is, nonchalantly and he's 409 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: holding a snap card, you know, the the SNAPPYBT card, 410 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: and he's just holding it like it's a visa and 411 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: he's just waiting to you know, just swipe it. And okay, 412 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: let's load it up into my truck. I mean, it's disgusting, honestly, 413 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: it's disgusting. That's our money, that's that's our money anyway. 414 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: And so the thing that never happens because remember the 415 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: Democrats say, this is never happening, this is all a lie. 416 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: It's a figment of Maga's imagination. Conservative just make this up. Well, 417 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: apparently it happened again, and it's happening again and again 418 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: and again. Now please, you got to listen to this. Okay. 419 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: Two messages. Number One, I won't mention this person, even 420 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: this person's first name, because this person works for an investor, 421 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: and so I don't want to get her in any 422 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: kind of trouble or have her lose her job. So 423 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm just going to make up a name, Julie. I'm 424 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: just making it up. This is from Julie on messenger. Jeff, 425 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: I work for an investor who owns many rental units, 426 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: mostly in Lowell. All right, listen to this. Nearly all 427 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: tenants receive SSI benefits, fuel assistance, SNAP benefits, food stamps, 428 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: free childcare of course Section eight or home base and 429 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: raft holy mackerel. Many drive newer SUVs, have expensive manicures, 430 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: they have expensive handbags, and listen it is I don't 431 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: even do this. And they go to Disney for vacations. 432 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: I've never taken the kids to Disney. Why it's expensive. 433 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: It's freaking expensive. They take the kids to Disney for vacations. 434 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: And she says, audit it all in caps, Audit it all, 435 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: Audit it all, she says, and she adds. She says, Jeff, 436 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,719 Speaker 1: it's so bad. The fraud is rampant. Listen to this. Plus, 437 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: many have emotional support talks. That's what they call them. Uh, 438 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 1: I mean they scam everything. Well, you're not allowed pets 439 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: in these rental units. But if it's an emotional support talk, 440 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: oh okay, I won't did didn't water? I won't did 441 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: didn't water? I have pity yesterday, I need I need dog, 442 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: please please please is support dog. Plus they have many 443 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: emotional support dogs, which by law we have to take. 444 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: And by the way, many do not speak English. They 445 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: communicate via an app on their phone. Only fifteen years 446 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: ago there was none of this. So started under Obama, 447 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 1: you know, fifteen years ago, twenty eleven, who was President 448 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: Obama and who started to let him in in massive numbers, 449 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: the dear Leader. And it's just gotten worse and worse 450 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: and worse. And someone just sent me a quick message saying, Jeff, 451 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: I bet you dollars to donuts those one hundred and 452 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: seventeen stolen identities that they had in just two apartments 453 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: in Providence to collect all these snap cards and snap benefits. 454 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,719 Speaker 1: They're all registered to vote. Oh I agree, I agree. 455 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 1: That's why she won't hand over the list. It's not 456 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,360 Speaker 1: just that they're gonna catch all the fraud. It's then 457 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 1: they're gonna say, well, well, what I mean. You know, 458 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: these are people that live in New Jersey or Florida, 459 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: or you know, New York or Kentucky. And look at this. 460 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: They voted in Rhode Island or they voted in Massachusetts, 461 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,399 Speaker 1: so they're voting in two different places. How the hell 462 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: did this happen. So they're gonna find not just welfare fraud, 463 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna find voter fraud. I guarantee it. That's why 464 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: she won't cooperate. Okay. And this one is heartbreaking. It's 465 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: from Chet and this is what he wrote me, Jeff, 466 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: I think it's funny that my mother, who is who 467 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: is eighty years old, and she only gets twelve dollars 468 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: a month in food stamps. That's not even enough for 469 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: one dinner. Well, you know, Chet, if you can put 470 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,040 Speaker 1: her on a diet of mac and cheese, you know, 471 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 1: and maybe a little can of soup, I think you 472 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: can get it to twelve bucks. You see, for the illegals, 473 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 1: for these fraudsters, it's packs, it's it's steak, it's pork chops, 474 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: it's chicken breast, it's fish, it's you name it. Okay, 475 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: that's they get, you know, it's SUV's, it's handbags, it's 476 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 1: trips to Disney, it's Section eight, it's you know, free, 477 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:47,640 Speaker 1: it's welfare, it's fuel assistant, it's everything. But for your 478 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: poor mother eighty years old, plank you here's twelve bucks, 479 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,440 Speaker 1: twelve bucks a month. Crumbs off the table and be happy. 480 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: We gave you twelve bucks. So, in a nutshell, this 481 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: is exactly what's wrong with Healey's Massachusetts and when you 482 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: bring in so many illegals and the welfare fraud that 483 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: comes with it. Six one seven two six six sixty 484 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 1: eight sixty eight agree, disagree, Maggie in Amesbury. Thanks for 485 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: holding Maggie, and welcome. 486 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 4: Good morning, Jeff. Thanks for taking my call. 487 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 1: My pleasure, Maggie. 488 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 4: So, Jeff, I have two their young adults, two nieces, 489 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,480 Speaker 4: who are both blind. They've been blind from birth, so 490 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 4: they get a little bit of SNAP benefits each month, 491 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 4: even though they trying to work part time and do 492 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 4: their part. But I have to take them to the 493 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,920 Speaker 4: store and you know, with them and do their shopping. 494 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 4: So what I notice on these EBT cards, first of all, 495 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 4: no one ever asks us for ID. And then when 496 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,319 Speaker 4: you put the card in the you know, the machine, 497 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,840 Speaker 4: you have an option to get cash, and I'm always 498 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,279 Speaker 4: shocked at that. I'm like, wait a minute, why is 499 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 4: there a cat options? This is supposed to be just 500 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 4: for food. And as I said, I've been helping them 501 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,760 Speaker 4: for years because as I said, they have no vision 502 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 4: at all. Why haven't I ever asked Ben asked for 503 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 4: ID and I look around and see who's using these cards, 504 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 4: So I think that's a huge flower in the system. 505 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,680 Speaker 4: And then the other part is I also have worked 506 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 4: for the state for years that don't want to say 507 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,400 Speaker 4: where I work. It's not snap, but jet. The fact 508 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 4: is these people in this leadership in Massachusetts, they're proud 509 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,840 Speaker 4: of the fact that they're hiding information from the federal government. 510 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 4: They overlook people's immigration status and it's garbage. I mean, 511 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 4: I had to take my nieces to an ophthalmologist. They've 512 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 4: been blind since birth. You look at them and they 513 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 4: don't have like regular eyes, so it's not like they're fakingness. 514 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 4: And yet I have to go to an ophthalmologist who's 515 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 4: looking at me like I'm crazy to prove that they're blind. 516 00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 4: So they deliberately hurt the people that are here and 517 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,919 Speaker 4: that legitimately need the benefits, and they overlook and they're 518 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 4: proud of it. For the people, it's almost like they're 519 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,480 Speaker 4: proud to hide this information. I don't understand it. It's 520 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 4: very frustrated. Well, I think that is twofold. 521 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,440 Speaker 1: Oh you're so, I think it's threefold. I really, I 522 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: think we're just we're just we're just learning about this. 523 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 1: I mean, this is something that's been going on for decades, 524 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,120 Speaker 1: and it's the key to their power. It's the key 525 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: to their control. And think about Look how we've been conditioned. 526 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:38,400 Speaker 1: Massachusetts is a deep blue state. The Democrats run this state. 527 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: There's no way you can ever beat them, right, just 528 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: what people think. It's basically it's a one party state. 529 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: And if you're gonna beat them, oh my god, you 530 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: have to join them. In other words, if you're a Republican, 531 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 1: you've got to be like a super moderate, super rhino 532 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: Republican because ah, it's just it's just such a blue state. 533 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:01,840 Speaker 1: But then you start looking and looking and you're like, well, no, really, 534 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: it really isn't. It's they got so many illegals now 535 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: that are voting, and there's so much welfare fraud that 536 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 1: they're hiding to make sure that the illegals keep voting 537 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:19,240 Speaker 1: for them and non citizens, and they're shafting so many 538 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:23,840 Speaker 1: hard working, law abiding taxpayers who have no idea the 539 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,399 Speaker 1: extent to which they're literally being exploited and how our 540 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: tax money is being wasted stolen to pay for these 541 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: disgusting parasites and deadbeats, And you say, you know, if 542 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 1: people just knew the truth, just the truth, and we 543 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 1: got these illegals off the welfare roles, and we got 544 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,839 Speaker 1: the illegals off the voting roles, and they prevented them 545 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:54,040 Speaker 1: from voting, my god, Massachusetts would be a normal state, 546 00:39:54,880 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 1: maybe purple, very competitive. Republicans could win, Conservatives could win. 547 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:05,359 Speaker 1: In other words, think about how everything would change. So 548 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,440 Speaker 1: that's why they have to buy off the media to 549 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,960 Speaker 1: not expose to or like I'm doing right now, because 550 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,640 Speaker 1: God forbid, sunlight is the best disinfectant. So they don't 551 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: want anybody to know about this, so they just sweep 552 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 1: it under the rug and then attack me, vilify me, 553 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:27,320 Speaker 1: discredit me because they're afraid of the truth. But it's 554 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: this fraud is so deep. I'm going to show you 555 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: how deep it is, Okay, And then I want to 556 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 1: get your final take on this, Maggie. President Trump came 557 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,800 Speaker 1: out and said, I had a discussion with both Elon 558 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,359 Speaker 1: and his Doage people and Scott Bessant, who, now, by 559 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: the way, has really taking a very prominent, energetic, almost 560 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: aggressive role, and I think it's a great thing in 561 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:55,800 Speaker 1: the administration. And Bessent is infuriated, infuriated with the fraud. 562 00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,200 Speaker 1: He's going in heavy into Minnesota. He's the one now 563 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:04,839 Speaker 1: that's telling the White House Massachusetts is one of the 564 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,400 Speaker 1: dirtiest states in the Union. He's telling them, We're not 565 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: gonna let Heay get away with this. So he's the 566 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,880 Speaker 1: one that's telling the White House issue statement after statement, 567 00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:19,720 Speaker 1: we want the personal information of every snap EBT beneficiary. 568 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,760 Speaker 1: He says, I guarantee you seventy to eighty percent is fraudulent, 569 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: bare minimum. So Bessant is coming hard now on Massachusetts. Okay, 570 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: Bessant and Elon have now told Trump, listen, now, this 571 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: is mind blowing. If they aggressively expose and root out 572 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:44,720 Speaker 1: just the waste, fraud, and abuse in the welfare system 573 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:50,960 Speaker 1: state after state, we balance our budget. We're looking at 574 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:56,400 Speaker 1: a two trillion dollar budget. Two trillion. They said a 575 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: couple months ago they thought it would save seven hundred 576 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:03,879 Speaker 1: billion dollars a year. Seven hundred billion dollars a year. 577 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,719 Speaker 1: They're now coming back to Trump and saying, no, no, no, no. 578 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,880 Speaker 1: What we just saw in Minnesota, the depth, how rampant 579 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,520 Speaker 1: the fraud is, and now what they're starting to see 580 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:18,440 Speaker 1: just in California, these are shocking numbers. And now that 581 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,719 Speaker 1: they're starting to glean just here in Massachusetts, they come 582 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: back and they said, you can forget seven hundred billion. 583 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,840 Speaker 1: We're looking at one point five to two trillion dollars 584 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: every year, every year, every year. That if you just 585 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: do this alone, you don't have to cut a penny 586 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,759 Speaker 1: in spending. You know, if you're just spending on Americans, 587 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: not a penny, and you balance the budget, you balance 588 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 1: the budget, don't raise a penny in taxes. If you're 589 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: just spending on Americans, you don't cut, You don't a 590 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:56,520 Speaker 1: single penny. You don't cut, you balance the budget. I 591 00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: was about to swear so I don't want to get 592 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:03,400 Speaker 1: a fine. Okay, Holy you know what was gonna come 593 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,759 Speaker 1: out of my mouth? Okay, Holy mackerel. I mean that's 594 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:13,000 Speaker 1: that's how widespread and extensive it is. So look, Maggie, 595 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be brutally honest with you. I'm not trying 596 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,680 Speaker 1: to wind you up. I'm not trying to get you angry. 597 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,919 Speaker 1: I really don't. You're a wonderful person that you care 598 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,600 Speaker 1: for your family like this, but you're being screwed. Your 599 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:33,160 Speaker 1: family is being screwed. Those poor blind kids are being screwed. 600 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: As taxpayers were being screwed. We're being screwed. And what 601 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: this amounts to is thousands and thousands and thousands of 602 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:49,719 Speaker 1: dollars per person me, you, is being stolen from our 603 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,200 Speaker 1: pockets by the Democrats to take care of the illegals, 604 00:43:54,560 --> 00:44:02,239 Speaker 1: and all these hacks that like parasites, are leaching off 605 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:08,440 Speaker 1: of this massive, almost unlimited welfare system. You know, look, 606 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: I pay just ten thousand dollars a year in property taxes. 607 00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:13,720 Speaker 4: Just that. 608 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,360 Speaker 1: Three four five thousand is being stolen. That's what's paying 609 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,279 Speaker 1: for all this, just me as an individual. Never mind 610 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,759 Speaker 1: my state income tax, my sales tax. Just leave all 611 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: that out. Okay, the gas taxes, leave all that out. 612 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 1: That's how much they're stealing from us. Now, if this 613 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:38,479 Speaker 1: gets out, the Democrats are finished. Every Independent will vote 614 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:42,520 Speaker 1: against Heey, every Republican will vote against Heely, and even 615 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:47,399 Speaker 1: most Democrats who have been brainwashed into believing this propaganda 616 00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: are going to say this is disgusting. Okay, Bill and 617 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:56,720 Speaker 1: Sudbury won't, Chris and Gloucester won't. The die hard Hitler 618 00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:01,279 Speaker 1: and the bunker fanatics, they won't. But you're looking at 619 00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:06,839 Speaker 1: a wipeout, an historic wipeout. That's why she has to stonewall. 620 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,239 Speaker 1: That's why she has to obstruct, that's why she has 621 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,000 Speaker 1: to cover up. That's why she's given orders to her 622 00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:16,840 Speaker 1: minions in the media sweep this under the rug now 623 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,200 Speaker 1: because if not. Look, apparently in Minnesota, according to Poles, 624 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,200 Speaker 1: it's going to be a red wave in November. Okay, 625 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:30,279 Speaker 1: Amy Klobrachar is running to basically succeed Tim Walls. She's 626 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:34,440 Speaker 1: going to get wiped out, the lieutenant governor wiped out. 627 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,440 Speaker 1: It's going to be a massive red wave in Minnesota. 628 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,319 Speaker 1: And they've done a good job of deflecting from the 629 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: fraud scandal. But just the little that they know, the 630 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:48,320 Speaker 1: taxpayers are mad as hell, so imagine here in Massachusetts. 631 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,200 Speaker 1: So I feel very sorry, honestly, And this has been 632 00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,800 Speaker 1: going on, I believe for decades. Look, this is abuse. 633 00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:02,720 Speaker 1: This is abuse. What they've done to us is freaking abuse. 634 00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:04,680 Speaker 1: Final word to. 635 00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:08,160 Speaker 4: You, Maggie, I agree with you, Jeff, and I'll just 636 00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,480 Speaker 4: say that the audit is desperately needed, not only for 637 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,799 Speaker 4: the consumers and what and the fraud that's being done, 638 00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:18,759 Speaker 4: but for the duplicative services of many state agencies. The 639 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,439 Speaker 4: audit is long overdue. 640 00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:25,160 Speaker 1: Amen. Amen. The audit is how do I say this, 641 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:30,880 Speaker 1: it's the political kill shot. The audit brings them down 642 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:34,000 Speaker 1: and they know it. You know, it's like going after 643 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,360 Speaker 1: the mob and you say, just open up the books, 644 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,719 Speaker 1: and everyone says, you open up the books. It's over. 645 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just going to be crime, crime, crime, crime, crime, 646 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,920 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, they're all going to fall like dominoes. 647 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,640 Speaker 1: And that's why if you notice they're willing, they're going 648 00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,040 Speaker 1: to die on this hill. They are not going to 649 00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:56,640 Speaker 1: allow that audit to take place. Maggie, outstanding call and 650 00:46:56,719 --> 00:46:59,239 Speaker 1: God bless you again. You sound like an incredible human being. 651 00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: And by the way, a super band six one seven 652 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:08,880 Speaker 1: two six six sixty eight sixty eight. Ben in the 653 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,520 Speaker 1: Great State of Texas. Thanks for holding Ben, and. 654 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:17,520 Speaker 2: Welcome good morning. I mean, I just want to say 655 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 2: that you touched on it likely when you said that 656 00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:24,759 Speaker 2: Obama had something. You know, it's responsible. But the one 657 00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:29,520 Speaker 2: thing that I know that Obama is mainly responsible is 658 00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:31,920 Speaker 2: that he took off a little safety net that people 659 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:36,920 Speaker 2: would come and inspect. Because I grew up with my 660 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,480 Speaker 2: mom and five it was five of us plus six. 661 00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 2: It was six of us in a home, two roomhouse. 662 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:50,680 Speaker 2: Pora's hell, sorry, and we we had an outhouse. But 663 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,239 Speaker 2: my thing is every three months there was a lady 664 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,839 Speaker 2: that would come and with a clipboard and inspect their 665 00:47:55,880 --> 00:48:00,720 Speaker 2: living conditions to make sure that we were indeed poor. 666 00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:07,640 Speaker 2: And when she would come in, you know, they would check, okay, 667 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,399 Speaker 2: we're poor. But when Obama came in two thousand and eight, 668 00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,720 Speaker 2: he took that checklate that Uh yeah. 669 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,600 Speaker 1: That was welfare reform. That was what you're talking about, Ben, 670 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:22,000 Speaker 1: is the welfare reform that was passed by Republicans and 671 00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:25,680 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton together in the I think was nineteen ninety six. 672 00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,800 Speaker 1: Don't quote me on that. It was mid nineteen nineties. 673 00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,600 Speaker 1: And you know, it was like, fine, you know you 674 00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:32,880 Speaker 1: need welfare, that's okay, but we just want to make 675 00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: sure it goes to the people who deserve it, you know, 676 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:39,359 Speaker 1: who really need it. And so they had these regular inspections. 677 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,120 Speaker 1: Obama got rid of that, and you're right, Ben, that 678 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,239 Speaker 1: opened up the floodgates. Then they just kept sending out 679 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,880 Speaker 1: checks and nobody knew where the money was going or 680 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,680 Speaker 1: whether they were poor or not poor. These people that 681 00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,640 Speaker 1: are getting these checks they're driving better cars than you 682 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:59,759 Speaker 1: and me, Ben, and they're collecting. They're collecting welfare. Ben, 683 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:02,480 Speaker 1: please finish. I didn't mean to cut you off. I 684 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:04,399 Speaker 1: just wanted to amplify what you were saying. 685 00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:06,840 Speaker 2: Go ahead, Ben, Oh, I sit here in the valley, 686 00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,320 Speaker 2: we're right in the border, and I see people with 687 00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:14,000 Speaker 2: baskets full of groceries, with a better car than I do. 688 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:17,200 Speaker 2: In my day, when I was a child, there was 689 00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,560 Speaker 2: no way we had an old, hand me down clunker 690 00:49:20,760 --> 00:49:23,600 Speaker 2: that we could drive off. We couldn't have a good car. 691 00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:24,680 Speaker 2: We couldn't have anything. 692 00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:26,719 Speaker 3: Welfare is just. 693 00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:30,799 Speaker 1: Ben. Can you hang on