“Gas is a kind of catalyst. It trickles down into the entire budget. We’re trying to keep everything as normal as possible. But it’s starting to feel like it’s adding up more and more.”
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“Gas is a kind of catalyst. It trickles down into the entire budget. We’re trying to keep everything as normal as possible. But it’s starting to feel like it’s adding up more and more.”
It trickles down into the entire budget. In political debates about government assistance, fraud is too often treated as an abstraction - a budget line item, a policy problem, an election-year talking point. It is much more [...] The post Government Fraud Is Not a Victimless Crime appeared first on The Western Journal.
Fortune reported the story as "Gas over $4 looks like tipping point as Walmart customers don't fill tanks, fast food loses cheapest diners." The Western Journal reported the story as "Government Fraud Is Not a Victimless Crime."
2 sources have covered this story, including Fortune and The Western Journal. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 3 hours ago.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 2 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] DisputedKey facts present in mainstream desks; corroboration thin from wires.
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