A story today caught my eye. It was about a guy in prison
was able to collect unemployment checks. We know that is supposed to be
impossible. Not in the state of California. This prisoner was actually getting
three checks per week. This to me is what makes this whole issue crazy. How do
you have three separate claims going in the same state and county and city? The
prisoner had three people on the outside cashing his checks and giving him the
money. Now guess who is going to be the one paying the price tag? It will be us
the taxpayers.
I know we have a due process but in some situations it seems
pointless to take a person to trial. Taxpayers end up paying the complete price
tag. Something just doesn’t seem right in this situation. Don’t get me wrong,
as I stated I know we have a due process. It just that sometimes it bothers me
on the spending of our money as taxpayers. It seems very reckless at times. I know
we have to take the three people to trial for cashing the checks and being part
of the fraud. Then the prisoner who is already in prison for life has to go
back to court wasting our tax dollars. He has a life sentence already so why
are spending more money to convict him on another charge just to put it on
record because it is not going to change his prison status. We already paid for his initial trial. We will
continue to pay for his prison housing for the rest of his life. Now we are going
to spend more money to take him back to trial. Where is the common sense in
this?
I say since he already has a life sentence, we have verified
proof of the unemployment fraud; we should just charge him and keep it moving. Do
not waste more taxpayer dollars to transport him back and forth to court, pay
for him to have legal counsel and pay all court fees. His due process is done
and streamlined to save taxpayer dollars. I know this is something that will
never happen. It is just wishful thinking and frustration on how our tax
dollars are continuously wasted. This part of the article is what caught my
attention because it mentions taxpayers paying the cost. Yes we are paying it
no doubt about it.
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