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14. Ah

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 12:25 PM

Dec 2025

I should have made that distinction.

Probably best to just say "taxpayer" dollars being privatized with no oversight

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FWIW - How Fraud Swamped Minnesota's Social Services System on Tim Walz's Watch (NYT) [View all] dalton99a Nov 2025 OP

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I cannot accept snowybirdie Nov 2025 #3

59 people have already been convicted so far MichMan Dec 2025 #9

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This is why Trump said this money would not be tracked. travelingthrulife Dec 2025 #10

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These were state programs with no oversight, not federal MichMan Dec 2025 #13

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He was never going to be president with or without this story. BannonsLiver Dec 2025 #17

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+1. dalton99a Dec 2025 #18

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