Scams, Swamps and Sinkholes

There is no doubt that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a very interesting politician. The problem is that she is also one of the premier examples of a bonafide "Swamp Creature" in what has become a sewer called Washington. After getting caught fixing the election for Hillary in the primaries at the expense of a much more popular Bernie Sanders -- Debbie fell from the powerful post of DNC Chairwoman.  While I am not a Bernie supporter, he was treated unfairly (and very dishonestly) by Wasserman Schultz and the DNC. This is the United States of America and we should be able to expect that certain standards are met in our electoral process. Wasserman Schultz is a Democrat -- and it never ceases to amaze me -- that she and her colleagues from this party keep calling for the impeachment of President Trump -- when there is no actual proof he ever did anything wrong. In fact, she recently went after Jared Kushner's security clearance , when there is also no actual proof ...

I was a little disgusted when I read about a California inmate that was committing tax fraud from behind bars. Sadly, this has been going on for a long time. Here is a post, I did on this phenomenon in 2005  and I have seen reports of this surface frequently since then The LA Times reported that , " Howard Webber, 52, was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of conspiring to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns, a scheme that he operated for two years from behind bars that netted him and an accomplice more than $600,000." Apparently, Howard recruited inmates, who for a stipend of $75.00, provided all of their identity information to commit the scheme. Howard and a friend (Clifford Bercovich) were able to create a limited liability company (LLC) called "Inmates Assets Recovery and Liquidation Services" and used W2 forms with made up job information and withholding amounts to facilitate the fraudulent tax returns. The article is not clear whether or not...