Trump Admin Discovers Child Care Fraud, Forgetting Corporate Welfare
AP reports that the Trump administration is halting federal child care funds, citing fraud schemes in Minnesota. All 50 states now face 'more robust verification' for essential services. Meanwhile, the IRS estimates the U.S. loses billions annually to corporate tax fraud and evasion – estimates range from $160 billion to over $1 trillion. But naturally, that's considered an 'economic incentive'
rather than a crisis demanding a nationwide freeze on corporate subsidies. It appears the definition of 'fraud' depends heavily on who's allegedly committing it and how politically expedient it is to penalize an entire sector, or in this case, blue states. One might wonder if the concern is truly about federal funds, or about punishing Minnesota's 'blueness' under the guise of an 'immigration
enforcement' adjacent issue, as the AP article itself hints at with its linked stories. When has a multi-billion dollar corporate scam ever triggered a nationwide freeze of all government contracts for large corporations?