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The left’s political phishing
American Thinker ^ | 4 Dec, 2025 | Alan Loncar

Posted on 12/04/2025 6:05:35 PM PST by MtnClimber

It's funny how much of the Democrat modus operandi resembles that of scam artists.

Holiday scams are rising as many rush for deals yet discount due diligence.

The left employs its own kind of political phishing, creative, yet driven by emotions such as vanity, guilt, and vengeance.

Regardless of how it is done, liberalism often disguises its true political aims. Comparing even those political tactics to more nefarious holiday hustles could be useful.

A growing fraud is the non-delivery scam.

According to the FBI, this is “where you pay for goods or services … but you never receive the items.”

The sale seems too good to pass up, beguiling the buyer with attentive ads. You must get that new product. But in the end, you do not get what you paid for.

Progressives have used a bit of this tactic politically over several decades in passing entitlements without the means to fully deliver them.

The Affordable Care Act (including enhanced subsidies) is anything but affordable.

Medicare, a pillar of Democrats’ Great Society, has ballooned such that its Hospital Insurance Trust Fund is projected to be “depleted by 2033, at which point payments to hospitals would be reduced by 11 percent.”

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism
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1 posted on 12/04/2025 6:05:35 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

0bamacare is certainly a non delivery scam that seems to fund leftist NGOs.


2 posted on 12/04/2025 6:05:57 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Since 0bamaCare more than doubled the cost of health insurance it’s like an online store that doesn’t deliver the product and charges your credit card again when you contact them about the problem.


3 posted on 12/04/2025 6:58:30 PM PST by TigersEye (Terrorism has been institutionalized by the left. Ask no quarter. Give no quarter.)
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