Posted on 01/26/2021 6:29:30 AM PST by artichokegrower
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency Secretary Julie Su announced Monday that, in 2020, fraudsters stole at least $11.4 billion in unemployment benefits from California.
Su also noted that another $20 billion may have also been stolen by identity thieves and foreign criminals, possibly making as much as 27% of all EDD unemployment benefits being sent to fraudsters last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at californiaglobe.com ...
Biden Picks CA Labor Sec Julie Su, Responsible For $10B in Fraud Losses, for Deputy DOL
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/25/biden-picks-ca-labor-sec-julie-su-responsible-for-10b-in-fraud-losses-for-deputy-dol-n316284
Dated headline this union concubine maybe responsible for $20 billion in fraud. Wait till she has access to the US Treasury.
Bet the Nigerian based ones were quite busy with California, eh?
31 billion dollars is only a quarter of what Commiefornia pays out in unemployment in a year???? That means Commiefornia pays out 120 billion dollars a year in unemployment???? And nobody thunk, “Huh. Sum Ting Wong.”?
Well, when you hire people based on skin color and plumbing, rather than ability, expect them to hand over the store.
More and more, I keep thinking about the fall of Rome via internal rot, as I think of the coming plight of all of the world’s first world nations. Death by a trillion paper cuts.
Hmmm... does this $11 billion to $31 billion loss come from California or Federal (i.e., the pockets of ALL of us) funds?
Will they fix it?...............NO.
Will they beg for Fed dollars to cover their costs?.........................YES.
Will they be turned down?................................NO.
Will the MSM praise Newsome?........................YES............................
And all the system updates for most Unemployment Insurance Systems are outsourced to HCL Technologies or Deloitte. All worthless, crap programming from know-nothing Indians
Point being: If you want to muck something up turn the management over to the guberment.
I was on unemployment in California in 2018, retired now living in Texas, I received three notices from the State of California requesting I re-register for benefits during summer and fall of 2020 in the event I was not working. THREE request. The state knew about all of this.
Point being: If you want to muck something up turn the management over to the guberment.
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Point-being. We are outsourcing all our vital technology to 3rd world scum from India and Communist China
No biggie, NY and CA are going to get bailed out by the other 48. Taxpayers, middle class taxpayers in the other 48.
Will any of the money will come back? Another no.
Some of these guys probably made $20k a year...while sitting in prison.
There was an article in my local paper about this yesterday saying they’d caught a number of “very big players” in this scam.
No names mentioned, no pix...of course.
You can bet if they were White Trump Supporters, it would be 24/7 national news and their photos would be plastered all over the front pages and featured on CNN.
Much of this was an inside job. California has tons of grant programs that give away money and they are the target of massive and ongoing embezzlement by management.
To identify the agencies with fraud simply look at who has unusually high turnover in their accounting departments.
Prison inmates were mostly convenient victims of identity theft. It’s not like they’re in a position to notice fraudulent financial activity.
SOURCE https://www.ntu.org/library/doclib/pp-131-cong.pdf
Congressional Perks: How the Trappings of Office Trap Taxpayers
NTU Foundation Policy Paper 131 / By Peter J. Sepp October 23, 2000 / Executive Summary
Since the founding of the Republic, Americans have had a healthy skepticism of the concentration of power. The Framers of the Constitution established a system they hoped would prevent not only the disproportionate accumulation of influence in one branch of government, but also the disproportionate accumulation of privilege. Today, Members of the United States Congress enjoy a vast web of perquisites that benefit them personally as well as professionally, including:
• Comfortable (some would say astronomical) salaries that are often determined through legislative sleight-of-hand. Contrary to the arguments of many Washington “insiders,” the cost of living has rarely eroded the historical value of lawmakers’ pay, which on a constant-dollar basis is hovering near the postwar high.
• Pension benefits that are two to three times more generous than those offered in the private sector for similarly-salaried executives. Taxpayers directly cover at least 80 percent of this costly plan. Congressional pensions are also inflation-protected, a feature that fewer than 1 in 10 private plans offer.
• Health and life insurance, approximately 3/4 and 1/3 of whose costs, respectively, are subsidized by taxpayers. • Wheeled perks, including limousines for senior Members, prized parking spaces on Capitol Hill, and choice spots at Washington’s two major airports.
• Travel to far-flung destinations as well as to home states and districts. Despite recent attempts to toughen gift and travel rules, “junkets” are still readily available prerogatives for many Members.
• A wide range of smaller perks that have defied reform efforts, from cut-rate health clubs to fine furnishings. Congressional Perks: How the Trappings of Office Trap Taxpayers 2 But the very nature of public office itself demands a more comprehensive definition of a “perk” than that normally applied to corporate America. Members of Congress can also wield official powers that allow them to continue to enjoy the personal benefits outlined above, such as:
• The franking privilege, which gives lawmakers millions in tax dollars to create a favorable public image. Experts across the political spectrum have labeled the frank as an unfair electioneering tool. In past election cycles, Congressional incumbents have spent as much on franking alone as challengers have spent on their entire campaigns.
• An office staff that performs “constituent services” and doles out pork-barrel spending, providing more opportunities for “favors” that can be returned only at election time.
• Exemptions and immunities from tax, pension, and other laws that burden private citizens -- all crafted by lawmakers themselves.
Congressional pay and perks directly add hundreds of millions of dollars to the yearly bill that Americans are forced to pay for the federal government -- a significant cost for taxpayers, even if pundits dismiss the amount as a “drop in the bucket.” Yet, beyond the basic issue of dollars and cents, Congress’s perks have other pernicious effects. They distort the budget process, by diminishing lawmakers’ moral authority to say “no” to special interest spending requests and benefit boosts for other government officials. They distort the electoral process, by tilting the playing field against challengers.
Most importantly, they undercut efforts for long-term economic and budget reform, by insulating Members from the real-world effects of their own policies. American taxpayers and American government would be better served by benefits for Members of Congress that look more like incentives than perks. Enactment of proposals for a defined-contribution pension plan, a scaled-back franking privilege, a pay level tied to government efficiency, and a term-limit Constitutional amendment would help to restore balance to a system plagued by the trappings of office.
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Author Peter J. Sepp is VP for Communications with National Taxpayers Union Foundation...has studied the issue of Congressional pay raises since 1988.
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https://www.ntu.org/foundation/tax-page/congress-pay-perks
Beginning in 2009, legislators serving in the US Congress have earned $174,000 annually.
Leaders of the House and Senate are paid a higher salary than other Members.
Senate Leadership
Majority Party Leader - $193,400
Minority Party Leader - $193,400
House Leadership
Speaker of the House - $223,500
Majority Leader - $193,400
Minority Leader - $193,400
A cost-of-living-adjustment increase takes effect annually unless Congress votes to not accept it.
CALI FIREMAN POCKETS ANNUAL MILLION DOLLAR PENSION
A Los Angeles fireman retired in his 50s with a pension of over 1 million dollars per year with lifetime medical benefits.
Job Title: Assistant Chief---Retired 2010---Years service 32
Rec'd from L/A Fire and Police Employees’ Pension Fund 2015: $1,164,022.65 annual
Lifetime Health Benefits $17,286.69 annual
“And all the system updates for most Unemployment Insurance Systems are outsourced to HCL Technologies or Deloitte. All worthless, crap programming from know-nothing Indians”
I would recommend giving a little known company, Dominion, a crack at resolving this. I hear they do a bang up job providing top notch election software.
Local LA news has reported for months some people get 7 to 12 checks at once that’s no accident for that long it’s a scam.
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