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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: California Dems Want to LEGALIZE $25,000 Welfare Fraud - Taxpayers PAY the Price
Description: Yet another California Democrat wants to give lawbreakers a free pass—this time decriminalizing welfare fraud up to $25,000 for 'administrative errors.' Because clearly, the solution to California's problems is fewer consequences for breaking the law! This episode exposes Senator Smallwood-Cuevas's SB 560 that would eliminate criminal penalties for welfare fraud below $25,000, despite LA County already investigating 15,000+ fraud cases annually with only 200 reaching prosecution. Is this genuinely about protecting families from paperwork mistakes, or just another layer of California nonsense that taxpayers will ultimately fund? When officials claim they're 'holding people accountable' while simultaneously removing accountability, you know something doesn't ad...