Yes, it is a county of contrast. Tribes are striving to BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT by dependence on the US Government and further dependence on state aid at the same time depleting income from non-native residence. This is one-sided sufficiency, not self sufficiency.
TRIBAL NEWS JUNE 12, 2025 U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) plan to introduce bipartisan legislation today to level the tax playing field between tribes and local and state governments, Tribal Business News has learned.
The Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2025 would reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tribes’ ability to issue governmental bonds, clarify rules around Indian lands, and create a $175 million ANNUAL TAX CREDIT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
“Tribes across the country deserve access to the same tools as state and local governments to STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SERVICES LIKE HEALTH, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION.” Senator Cortez Masto said. “Our bill makes commonsense updates to the tax code to ensure fairness, create more good paying jobs, and KEEP MORE MONEY IN INDIAN COUNTRY.”
“By allowing tribal governments to make better use of housing tax credits, improve the ability to issue tax-exempt bonds and incentivize new investment incentives, we’re opening the door for them to finance more infrastructure projects and promote job growth,”
However, the Senate legislation faces an uncertain path forward since it is not part of the current reconciliation package, though lawmakers have included two tribal tax provisions in the House version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The first would EXPAND adoption tax credits for tribal families and the second would INCREASE housing tax credits for projects on tribal lands.
Meier told Tribal Business News. “I think the things that are being sought after here really would help tribes to expand their economies and BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.”
Meier pointed to two provisions in the new legislation as growth starters: removing restrictions on tribal bond issuance and creating the $175 million tribal set aside for the New Markets Tax Credit program, which supports development in LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
Still, tribal advocates have long pushed for any NMTC set-aside for Indian Country to go to NATIVE – CONTROLLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES (CDE) AS OPPOSED TO NON-NATIVE DEVELOPERS WORKING IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
The BIG question is what kind of treasonous fool would invest in "Indian government bonds" in the first place~? I shall shed no tears if/when those fools lose their money and/or discover that their "bond Investment" is not what they had hoped~! Play stupid games, get stupid prizes~! ;-)
I'm thinking that any entity that can offer superior tax-exempt yields and essentially have the backing of the USG by way of preferential policy or rules will get takers on the open market.
Bond buyers on the retail side tend to look at yield and security of their investment. Going under the hood is not something most will engage in.
As an old economic analyst, actually born into the world of Investing, I am monitoring the total destruction of The Federal Reserve as an unlawful corporation and their unconstitutional "theft arm" (the IRS) is very clearly being dismantled as we speak. So, just how long will those "superior tax-exempt yields" be of any value is a serious question~! Ha~! Also, "backed (by the so-called good faith") of the old unlawful unconstitutional corporate US government is a slippery slope that I sure would not rely upon today, but God must LOVE fools and idiots because he sure did make a LOT of them~! Ha Ha Ha! Now this "preferential policy" crappola sure is a consideration because it has enriched many treasonous "fools and idiots" for investing in their own demise and the destruction of America, but I shall continue to encourage good Americans NOT to aid and abet the criminals of humanity in any way. Shopping at Wal-Mart just became blatantly treasonous, because the main heiress of the extremely evil & destructive Wal-Mart empire just committed treason and other major felonies by publicly encouraging this ongoing Insurrection that has made Southern California infamous once again~! Beware of big cities and large crowds everywhere in the US this weekend my friend, because the military style signaling coming from the white hats is very clearly warning Americans of the likely spread of dangerous & deadly civil unrest that has already started because of the criminals of humanity pulling their usual BS~! Let the treasonous clowns seek "yield & security" (greed and fake safety) as they wish, because Americans are free to make their own decisions to learn from, however there is an end to this old game ahead and people on the wrong side of history always get what's coming to them one way or another, sooner or later, regardless of the so-called "profits" that they may initionally gain~! Greed, the love of money, is never "good", and from what I am monitoring those who choose to do the wrong things right now are heading for a downfall of epic proportions~! We shall see ;-)
Here again we have dismissed the idea of the tribes sovereignty. If they are sovereign then they need to stay out of city and county business and mind their own business. Build your own schools and give them names that befit your tribe, our school does not need to be named Elwha. In fact it’s an insult to those who went to Stevens School to change its name. Name change is not needed.
Tribes need more sovereignty, they need to pay their on medical ( no more BIA ) if you buy public land you pay taxes on public land. It does not become reservation or trust land if it’s downtown Sequim or Port Angeles.
The best thing we can do for ourselves is get rid of what we have in City Councils and County Commissioners and let Natives go free, no more co-dependence.
The next best thing is don’t take the Peninsula Daily News. It’s co-dependent on Natives and Port Townsend. You can Google any information you need on the Internet. “Just my opinion. “
I was thinking the same thing. Time to let it go! Assimilate become A Community… No matter how good the “chiefs” make “tribal” look the fence is still up! Divide the people, bleed them all. I cannot help but think or wonder if tribal members see and feel the chains as we do here in Sequim. It’s sickening….
The last thing the Tribes need are views that dishonor the Point No Point treaty of 1855.
I am sorry but, if you think we are "guests" here and you want reparations for colonization, that can only mean the treaty is void. You can't be in a treaty just to get salmon and fish culverts.... and bogart the County process instead of using BIA and Congressional sources..Rita...you're not helping.. put your racist 5 gallon can of gas back in the shed. People that make these types of comments only serve to trigger people like me who have honored tribal members his entire time on the Olympic Peninsula.
Randy Johnson and Hansi Hals of Jamestown and others need to be removed from the river management policy positions. They jump from one foot to the other on policy too many times and are willing to lie about it when confronted..if you can get a response. I have a response from Hansi on public access. She states the Dungeness is being managed like the Jimmycomelately. She is flat out wrong.
First, Dungeness built a tributary, while Jimmycomelately removed a tributary (the one that used to go by the longhouse.) for good. Jimmycomelately slowed the river down while the Dungeness has nothing to stop the raging river when it comes down Grey Wolf. The Jimmycomelately project prevents hotel longs from rechanneling the river. Rechanneling was not and does not happen at Jimmycomelately. The Dungeness project scatters hotel logs from top to bottom.. Those logs scour the heck out of the shallow beds after a storm. They just won't admit the Jimmycomelately science was different and better. They just wont admit they are screwing up the Dungeness to let it run wild and bring about the drop in property values they admitted in a 2021 SERN meeting they wished to accomplish. The Jimmycomelately talks about protecting property, while the Dungeness does not. Furthermore, Ron Allen and others had admitted they want traditional lands back. Hansi is willing to lie to keep that plan on track. Switching to the Jimmycomelately science will ruin the reparations gig they have going to get back " ancestural lands.". They put too much on paper for us to see. We need to clean house and replace the liars and retribution seekers with honest policy people.
We are losing salmon revenue in favor of retribution, reparations and control.
There is no consequence for lying...so why not do it?
How do 'we' as a community provide a consequence for lying and deceit?
At the voting booth?
The whole system is rigged and corrupted and the candidates are 'selected' and 'installed'...with no debating...and then no accountability when they veer off course... it all has to come down but who knows when that will be?😳
Let's summarize-- the Tribe can destroy property, rape the clam beds, decimate the salmon schools, reap all the benefits of the infrastructure our tax money provides-- roads, electricity, commerce, fuel, and much more, all without paying for it, while we-- who pay for it all-- get few of the benefits. Indeed, Jeff, that does not seem fair at all. But, you know;
"What the Tribe wants, the Tribe gets".
Maybe it is time to riot and destroy property, like Mike French says, to make a point and to ensure that change happens. Where shall we start? Mike French's home? The Casino? The Tribes fishing boats? Should we make a list?
We may have the outrage but I doubt we have the stamina to wreck enough stuff to make a difference...I'll probably live my remaining few years in the prison without the bars but the quality of life and the standard of living isn't looking too promising!😳
Totem poles don't bother me, in general, but that it is on Sequim City property speaks volumes about where City Hall loyalties go, give the symbolism and what we experience from our local governments.
If it is removed, shall we replace it with a cowboy statue? :-)
The argument is, the tribes trust properties should be revoked, because they failed to disclose to the BIA that they intended to create a "compensation mechanism" to get "reparations for colonization" to heal a bad relationship. None of those goals are cause to put land into tribal trust. They withheld their true intentions for acquisition.
Another mistake was allowing checkering. Federal law is supposed to prevent checkering. Checkering means part of the tribe over here..part of it over there. and so on. By not following federal laws and fighting for no checkering, a right our commissioners have and would have prevailed on, the Peninsula is checkered with tribal trust properties. Jamestown is in Blyn, Dungeness, downtown Sequim and now the old KOA. The intent of Congress was to expand the current reservation not split it up piece meal.
Piece meal reservations that cause land use disparities are not something the federal code seems to allow. Think about the Dungeness golf course, and what a problem it has created by allowing free water reign while cracking down on everybody else. Even if the tribe claimed it could get economic independence, the land use disparity under equal protection should have prevented checkering in the Dungeness. The reservation can't be everywhere. They want it to be everywhere but the code says a county can stop lands from being placed into tribal trusts if the checkering causes land use and equal protection disparities.
Infiltration. Listen to/watch "the speech that got JFK killed" and the description he gives of the tactics used by the 'deep state'. It's all right there!
Recompete coordinator is probably another high paying job for the liberals to expand their support groups.Just another waste of tax $$$,this bogus position is supposed to help people find jobs.This is why wa state has ''WORK SOURCE the unemployment division that helps people find jobs''.Some of these libtards need to go back to school and try and learn some basic conservative economics and quit trying to dazzle people with their ignorance by wasting hard earned tax $$$.
The Stossel video is a must see, more than once. Should be part of high school social studies curriculum, if one still exists. We the people must get back to defending the Constitution of The United States of America. Legislators have abrogated the intention of tribal sovereignty being the ability of tribal members to preserve many historical traditions. Not all past activities are acceptable today, as evidenced in the Stossel video.
I would love to see a dialog take place between tribal and non-tribal citizens, not elected officials. If natives enjoy the benefits of the United States, then should we not share the responsibilities as well. ONE NATION.
I'm still baffled at this full quote from yesterday.
"No. Descendants still pay property tax. Still get taxed to fill a car with gasoline. Still pay tax at a grocery store. Still have to have medical insurance to cover what IHS will not cover. We do not receive checks in the mail like other tribes. The few who run Jamestown have thier own stuff locked down. And they are not sharing. Most true desendants were left out all together and do not condone what the whitest tribe in Washington has made of itself."
If actual tribal members aren't getting the same exemptions as the tribal corporation, and the money the tribal corporation generates isn't being shared with actual members, then the goals of sovereignty run counter to my understanding what this is all about. Do the people who run around supporting every endeavor of the tribal corporation understand they are complicit in actual members getting screwed by their own? Maybe they don't care because they're getting something for it. How is it possible that individual members aren't demanding equal treatment by the leaders of the entity that claim to represent them?
The claim that the true descendants have been left out while those in charge have figured out how to manipulate the system for some unknown good is unsettling. Who is actually benefitting? Are these leaders living high on the hog while feeding scraps to the masses?
If the tribal corporations are able to get endless grants and exemptions under the guise that it's for the welfare of their members, but instead it's spent on Xmas lights, roundabouts, or political contributions, etc, then is this a bait & switch situation?
With this incredible revelation it seems to me that these tribal members are in much the same position as we are with our county governance…. One big boat load and being jerked around!!!!!
Why was the gender (“wife” & “daughter”) of Brendan’s spouse and offspring identified? (“It was only after numerous talks with their wife, Hana, and daughter, Kaydnthat [sic] Meyer felt ready to make an announcement they dreaded.”
Ozias owns part of the "reparations for colonization." to heal a bad relationship franchise. He is an officer of the NODC. So is Navarra Carr. You can see what she thinks of our treaty. We are just guests as far as her NODC is concerned.
I would like to address the murder at the Safeway fuel stop, Tina Alcorn and the hit and run victim in Sequim. I have read every book that CJ Box has written. In any book where one of the characters is a county prosecutor the character says, "Don't bring me a case to try in court unless you can assure me that I have a 100% chance of victory. Why did Clallam County choose not to proceed against Tina Alcorn 9 years ago? Why did they not proceed in the murder at the Safeway fuel stop. And how discouraging for the Sequim Police Department for their great efforts in pursuing the hit and run driver to Oklahoma and bring him back to Washington State. All for naught. Geez Louise!
The Democrats and the "autonomy zone" are to blame. Its their way of mob control that needs a law breaking base with boarded up businesses. Look at Sequim. They have an "autonomy zone" Johnny Sweat or Benny Piper would have that place cleaned out in about 10 minutes. Its just a depot for Soros to drop people off at it and place pallets of bricks. This time the Democrats are caught red handed. Sequim has mixed a retirement community with "autonomous" gangsters.
About the they/them business: Associated Press added them/them as a singular gender neutral pronoun to its Stylebook in 2017, although that usage has always turned my stomach.
I have always argued that indefinite pronouns are always singular and must agree with their antecedents in number (which is usually the problem). There are often ways of writing around the conundrum, like using a plural noun in place of an indefinite pronoun.
As a man of peace, I COMPLETELY reject & condemn the scumbags who cause or create and foster any environment of violence or destruction~! That said, being peaceful definitely does not mean that I am "helpless" in any way and as an American Constitutionalist I have a strict duty to defend America and ALL Americans from criminals in & outside of our beloved country. The only warning that I will offer to those who have any thoughts of terrorizing Americans here in our otherwise beautiful & peaceful community is very clear. Make trouble, play stupid games, and you will win stupid prizes~!!! Have a great weekend and stay safe and out of harm's way~!
It is a true honor to have you in the ranks of the American Patriots~!
I believe that we are safe out here in our community, however it is always important to remain stocked up, well prepared, and vigilant. If things do get out of hand, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or others of like minds. I have been following the US Military style signaling that is very clearly warning good Americans to steer clear of big cities and especially large crowds starting tomorrow~! This is no drill~! Tomorrow, the 14th of June, is actually the 250th anniversary of the US Army, American Flag Day, and President Trump's birthday, so it has long been planned by the criminals of humanity to give the US Military and President Trump a "black eye" starting tomorrow and going into the near future as they expand their ongoing Insurrection~! This is however all playing right into President Trump and the white hats plans, so their evil agenda will of course fail... Thanks to the great support of yours, and many American Patriots, our American Republic will be restored, and many amazing things will eventually be revealed and forthcoming as a direct result~! Please stay cool, out of harm's way, and by all means enjoy every day~! A good sense of humor is critical and helping others who are in need right in our own community is always important. No fear~! Thank you so much again for your wonderful Patriotic support and fear not, because we MASSIVELY outnumber the screaming criminals and their brainwashed useful idiots who are foolishly trying to destroy America~!
You do pose an interesting and critical question about the LEO's and especially the County Sheriff's, because the County Sheriffs have enormous power and they are ALL sworn to uphold The American Constitution. We (Americans) are also all "sworn" and obliged to uphold The American Constitution, so the mass confusion that has been brainwashed into Americans about The Constitution has been very much intentional for many decades to sow this mass confusion in the general public. The war against America has been waged from within for well over 100 years. Ha~! I foolishly believed that Americans would come together to defend America at some point when I was very young because that seemed perfectly logical. However, after seeing first-hand how many Americans completely refuse to do the right thing by learning the truth instead of so stubbornly assuming that they know the truth when they do not, I am sad to say that "we" (America) is in serious jeopardy because of the ignorant ones among us. Of course, most of the rioting Insurrectionists are actually being paid for their treasonous actions right now, which can easily get them a death sentence in a Military Tribunal, but sadly there is a small % who are actually brainwashed into believing that they are doing the right thing. Unfortunately, that won't go well for them because "Intent" matters not in federal treason prosecutions~! A great example is just how many have been ruthlessly brainwashed into actually believing that America is a "Democracy" when America is the total opposite of a "mob rule" Democracy because it has always been a Republic~! That concept alone, is clearly too much for many Americans to remotely handle, let alone understand~! Our American educational system is beneath contempt, and I feel terrible for the few really good & great teachers who have battled to educate Americans over the past many decades~! It is SO bad now, even the generations of brainwashed teachers are literally ignorant criminals of dis and mis information in all too many cases. So, my friend, I am afraid that most LEO's have no clue about The Constitution that they have sworn to defend and uphold, and worse, they have been brainwashed into "just following orders" from so-called "superiors" who are in reality very from superior and in many cases actually the most dangerous criminals in the country themselves~! That said, my analysis is strong that another real civil war will be unlikely, but we must be prepared for the worst and hope for the best under the circumstances. The LEO's that I know here seem to be mostly decent folks and judging how they all ran to hide under their beds during the fake COVID and deadly "vaccine" attack, I am not sure that they will likely choose to attack American Patriots who are peacefully minding their own business and willing to defend themselves, their families, and their communities. For every LEO out here, there are at least 100 peaceful yet potentially armed Americans, so I am pretty sure that many LEO's will be joining the ranks of the Patriots instead of following unlawful unconstitutional orders that would clearly get them killed. We shall see, but the LEO's have to live here as well, and we all know who they are and where they live because they are part of our community where the majority just wants to live free and in peace ;-) Have a great Friday the 13th and stay safe~! Sincerely, Mike
Enjoy reading your comments. I am not as well versed. As you will see in downtown PA and Sequim this Saturday many of the brainwashed masses spewing crap and nonsense. I am lucky to know a few sheriff's and a couple of Sequim police. I would hope that they will follow the side of Patriots, but not really sure until it happens.
Well, thank you for the great and generous compliment~!
I just fumble and bumble my way through, but I do have a great deal of experience as an American Constitutionalist. OK, and a little writing experience as well... Being an American Constitutionalist is actually one of the most difficult paths on earth to actually follow, but the "good news" is that it is financially devastating, you will likely be hated by all political fanatics, and you can forget being appreciated for your sacrifices by the vast majority! Ha~! Oh, and as a bonus you will lose most of your friends and family, but in truth that really can be a blessing in disguise because not many are worthy of respect anyway because of their ignorance of The American Constitution and when they get into trouble, which they all tend to do, then you don't have to worry about helping them because they "weeded themselves out"~! Ha Ha Ha! God indeed works in mysterious ways ;-) Yes, in going through Sequim & Port Angeles this week I noticed that the "nuts" are already out displaying their gross ignorance and brainwashing enslavement~! Of course, that is their Constitutional right and all part of this sick game that we have all been entrapped by. I have been analyzing folks and their "opinions" all of my life, to the degree that I was capable at the time, so I definitely know where they get their poor information from and exactly what the problem really is. You can't discuss that with them however, because one of the humans' greatest weaknesses is that they are relatively easy to trick and deceive, but nearly impossible to get them to see that they have been tricked and deceived because they are just that irrational and personally lacking. An excellent example is the complete criminal conspiracy that "we" (Americans) have all been victims of, where every child is told a blatant lie about needing 2 years of foreign languages to get into college~! HA! Dead wrong~! My father, THE elite PhD on a University campus, told me about that when I was about 8 or 9 years old, so I have always known that it was a disgusting lie that ALL American children are told. Just imagine if those generations of American children (they, them, us, "we" ;-) had taken more math, English, science, or any other really valuable classes instead of the foreign languages that the vast majority of folks never even use~? I am definitely not against people learning foreign languages, especially when so many American children are having such difficulty even "speakie English"~! but we have allowed our children to be terribly abused and severely underserved in the public school "concentration camps" for far too long! To add insult to that gross injury, Americans have spent more money on the corrupt failed public education model than almost any other country on earth per student~! Where did all that money really go~? Now, many generations into this "un-education" system we have real problems that will take many generations to die off, so that the future generations can be well served in a true educational system. After the criminals of humanity COVID atrocities against children, we have a HUGE amount of work to do as a society~! There are those of us who are patiently waiting for this oldest of wars against humanity to be handled, so that we can proceed with our Humanitarian project goals. There is a great and fantastic new America that is extremely well funded just waiting for these criminals within our country to be purged and dealt with, which believe it or not is in process today. This is why there are those brainless useful idiots on the street corners "prostituting" themselves for the criminals who are in fact still trying to murder them~! Ironic huh? Well, it is what it is, and these "political prostitutes" need to foolishly burn themselves out. No way in Hell is anyone going to pay much attention to them because the vast majority of Americans have spoken to reject the evil Marxist/Communist (actually satanic) garbage THREE times in a row now and they will just have to suck it up~! Be well and enjoy the road potholes and all ;-)) Sincerely, Mike
When LEO's are all geared up and ready to 'cowboy' that's pretty heady stuff...a sense of power is hard to say no to and they are 'paramiltary soldiers'... WAY more since the 'patriot act'...most will 'do what they're told' to do.
We're (collectively)'on our own' and not 'organized' so we are greater in number if/when SHTF... but handicapped.
Just try 'organizing' and see how that goes, under 'the surveillance state'.
'They' know who the organized ones are and 'they' will disband or destroy if 'they' perceive a real threat to 'their' authority...think Roman Empire Police State.
No dissent or counteraction allowed.
See what 'the authorities' did to Jesus and the disciples, The Essenes, The Cathars, etc. and they were 'mostly peaceful'🤪
Brendan was a member of an International governing body, following through with documented plans to make "colonizers" pay "reparations for colonization." In plain English that means re-negotiate a treaty by intercepting County government funds and opportunities and giving them to the tribes, despite said treaty and despite the BIA and Congress being the true constitutional authority..Not Brendan, Not Lindsey..Not Navarra..Not Nathan West. Not Latrisha Suggs, Not Kate Dexter...Not the new tribal voice Amy Miller. They could write and sign a resolution to support the BIA and Congress taking action, but they can't form an International government on U.S Soil and re-negotiate a treaty. The tribe was dumb to join Dougherty ,Chapman and Tharinger...Patty Morris..Rod Fleck..in opening the NODC. The Tribes opted out of the treaty and will continue to be opted out as long as they operate NODC and SERN. Sandra Johnson and Rachel Hagaman never should have bought what Howard Dougherty was selling. They took the tribes down void treaty lane. A lane they remain in today.
As the old saying goes the road to hell is paved in good intentions…. How ever my understanding has been that the tribe was given a choice… reservation land or property for each member, thus the Serpentine area and beach???
Many of the Fraud Section’s cases are suits filed under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 - 3733, a federal statute originally enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War.
The FCA provides that any person who knowingly submits, or causes to submit, false claims to the government is liable for three times the government’s damages plus a penalty that is linked to inflation. FCA liability can arise in other situations, such as when someone knowingly uses a false record material to a false claim or improperly avoids an obligation to pay the government. Conspiring to commit any of these acts also is a violation of the FCA.
In addition to allowing the United States to pursue perpetrators of fraud on its own, the FCA allows private citizens to file suits on behalf of the government (called “qui tam” suits) against those who have defrauded the government. Private citizens who successfully bring qui tam actions may receive a portion of the government’s recovery. Many Fraud Section investigations and lawsuits arise from such qui tam actions.
The Department of Justice obtained more than $2.9 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. More information about those recoveries can be found here and the 2024 FCA statistics can be found here.”
Its illegal under the false claims act to lie on an application to use federal money.
The SERN and NODC were created to get "reparations for colonization." to heal a bad relationship. For 24 years now they have all been lying on federal applications.
You, could hire an attorney tomorrow and file a qui tam action against them all for lying to a federal program.
The False Claims Act is a federal law that imposes liability on individuals and companies that defraud government programs, allowing private citizens to file lawsuits on behalf of the government, known as qui tam actions. It was originally enacted in 1863 to combat fraud during the Civil War and has since become a key tool for recovering funds lost to fraud against the government.
Yes, it is a county of contrast. Tribes are striving to BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT by dependence on the US Government and further dependence on state aid at the same time depleting income from non-native residence. This is one-sided sufficiency, not self sufficiency.
TRIBAL NEWS JUNE 12, 2025 U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) plan to introduce bipartisan legislation today to level the tax playing field between tribes and local and state governments, Tribal Business News has learned.
The Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2025 would reform the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tribes’ ability to issue governmental bonds, clarify rules around Indian lands, and create a $175 million ANNUAL TAX CREDIT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES.
“Tribes across the country deserve access to the same tools as state and local governments to STRENGTHEN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SERVICES LIKE HEALTH, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION.” Senator Cortez Masto said. “Our bill makes commonsense updates to the tax code to ensure fairness, create more good paying jobs, and KEEP MORE MONEY IN INDIAN COUNTRY.”
“By allowing tribal governments to make better use of housing tax credits, improve the ability to issue tax-exempt bonds and incentivize new investment incentives, we’re opening the door for them to finance more infrastructure projects and promote job growth,”
However, the Senate legislation faces an uncertain path forward since it is not part of the current reconciliation package, though lawmakers have included two tribal tax provisions in the House version of President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The first would EXPAND adoption tax credits for tribal families and the second would INCREASE housing tax credits for projects on tribal lands.
Meier told Tribal Business News. “I think the things that are being sought after here really would help tribes to expand their economies and BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.”
Meier pointed to two provisions in the new legislation as growth starters: removing restrictions on tribal bond issuance and creating the $175 million tribal set aside for the New Markets Tax Credit program, which supports development in LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
Still, tribal advocates have long pushed for any NMTC set-aside for Indian Country to go to NATIVE – CONTROLLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES (CDE) AS OPPOSED TO NON-NATIVE DEVELOPERS WORKING IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
Thank you for this. I had no idea that 'tribes' could issue bonds. Who pays if they default?
Great question Eric Fehrmann~!
The BIG question is what kind of treasonous fool would invest in "Indian government bonds" in the first place~? I shall shed no tears if/when those fools lose their money and/or discover that their "bond Investment" is not what they had hoped~! Play stupid games, get stupid prizes~! ;-)
Enjoy a fun weekend~!
Sincerely, Mike
I'm thinking that any entity that can offer superior tax-exempt yields and essentially have the backing of the USG by way of preferential policy or rules will get takers on the open market.
Bond buyers on the retail side tend to look at yield and security of their investment. Going under the hood is not something most will engage in.
Oh yes my brother~!
There is a sucker born every minute~! ;-)
As an old economic analyst, actually born into the world of Investing, I am monitoring the total destruction of The Federal Reserve as an unlawful corporation and their unconstitutional "theft arm" (the IRS) is very clearly being dismantled as we speak. So, just how long will those "superior tax-exempt yields" be of any value is a serious question~! Ha~! Also, "backed (by the so-called good faith") of the old unlawful unconstitutional corporate US government is a slippery slope that I sure would not rely upon today, but God must LOVE fools and idiots because he sure did make a LOT of them~! Ha Ha Ha! Now this "preferential policy" crappola sure is a consideration because it has enriched many treasonous "fools and idiots" for investing in their own demise and the destruction of America, but I shall continue to encourage good Americans NOT to aid and abet the criminals of humanity in any way. Shopping at Wal-Mart just became blatantly treasonous, because the main heiress of the extremely evil & destructive Wal-Mart empire just committed treason and other major felonies by publicly encouraging this ongoing Insurrection that has made Southern California infamous once again~! Beware of big cities and large crowds everywhere in the US this weekend my friend, because the military style signaling coming from the white hats is very clearly warning Americans of the likely spread of dangerous & deadly civil unrest that has already started because of the criminals of humanity pulling their usual BS~! Let the treasonous clowns seek "yield & security" (greed and fake safety) as they wish, because Americans are free to make their own decisions to learn from, however there is an end to this old game ahead and people on the wrong side of history always get what's coming to them one way or another, sooner or later, regardless of the so-called "profits" that they may initionally gain~! Greed, the love of money, is never "good", and from what I am monitoring those who choose to do the wrong things right now are heading for a downfall of epic proportions~! We shall see ;-)
Have a great day~!
Sincerely, Mike
They are self sufficient they just want to keep getting retribution for a bad relationship.
What a great catch Jennifer !!!
Awesome job Jennifer~!
Have a great weekend ;-)
Sincerely, Mike
Here again we have dismissed the idea of the tribes sovereignty. If they are sovereign then they need to stay out of city and county business and mind their own business. Build your own schools and give them names that befit your tribe, our school does not need to be named Elwha. In fact it’s an insult to those who went to Stevens School to change its name. Name change is not needed.
Tribes need more sovereignty, they need to pay their on medical ( no more BIA ) if you buy public land you pay taxes on public land. It does not become reservation or trust land if it’s downtown Sequim or Port Angeles.
The best thing we can do for ourselves is get rid of what we have in City Councils and County Commissioners and let Natives go free, no more co-dependence.
The next best thing is don’t take the Peninsula Daily News. It’s co-dependent on Natives and Port Townsend. You can Google any information you need on the Internet. “Just my opinion. “
I was thinking the same thing. Time to let it go! Assimilate become A Community… No matter how good the “chiefs” make “tribal” look the fence is still up! Divide the people, bleed them all. I cannot help but think or wonder if tribal members see and feel the chains as we do here in Sequim. It’s sickening….
The last thing the Tribes need are views that dishonor the Point No Point treaty of 1855.
I am sorry but, if you think we are "guests" here and you want reparations for colonization, that can only mean the treaty is void. You can't be in a treaty just to get salmon and fish culverts.... and bogart the County process instead of using BIA and Congressional sources..Rita...you're not helping.. put your racist 5 gallon can of gas back in the shed. People that make these types of comments only serve to trigger people like me who have honored tribal members his entire time on the Olympic Peninsula.
Randy Johnson and Hansi Hals of Jamestown and others need to be removed from the river management policy positions. They jump from one foot to the other on policy too many times and are willing to lie about it when confronted..if you can get a response. I have a response from Hansi on public access. She states the Dungeness is being managed like the Jimmycomelately. She is flat out wrong.
First, Dungeness built a tributary, while Jimmycomelately removed a tributary (the one that used to go by the longhouse.) for good. Jimmycomelately slowed the river down while the Dungeness has nothing to stop the raging river when it comes down Grey Wolf. The Jimmycomelately project prevents hotel longs from rechanneling the river. Rechanneling was not and does not happen at Jimmycomelately. The Dungeness project scatters hotel logs from top to bottom.. Those logs scour the heck out of the shallow beds after a storm. They just won't admit the Jimmycomelately science was different and better. They just wont admit they are screwing up the Dungeness to let it run wild and bring about the drop in property values they admitted in a 2021 SERN meeting they wished to accomplish. The Jimmycomelately talks about protecting property, while the Dungeness does not. Furthermore, Ron Allen and others had admitted they want traditional lands back. Hansi is willing to lie to keep that plan on track. Switching to the Jimmycomelately science will ruin the reparations gig they have going to get back " ancestural lands.". They put too much on paper for us to see. We need to clean house and replace the liars and retribution seekers with honest policy people.
We are losing salmon revenue in favor of retribution, reparations and control.
Thanks John. Keep hammering the facts, eventually some will listen. I hope. It's all about 'Paper Salmon', green back's.
Approaching 3 grand a week?
There is no consequence for lying...so why not do it?
How do 'we' as a community provide a consequence for lying and deceit?
At the voting booth?
The whole system is rigged and corrupted and the candidates are 'selected' and 'installed'...with no debating...and then no accountability when they veer off course... it all has to come down but who knows when that will be?😳
Let's summarize-- the Tribe can destroy property, rape the clam beds, decimate the salmon schools, reap all the benefits of the infrastructure our tax money provides-- roads, electricity, commerce, fuel, and much more, all without paying for it, while we-- who pay for it all-- get few of the benefits. Indeed, Jeff, that does not seem fair at all. But, you know;
"What the Tribe wants, the Tribe gets".
Maybe it is time to riot and destroy property, like Mike French says, to make a point and to ensure that change happens. Where shall we start? Mike French's home? The Casino? The Tribes fishing boats? Should we make a list?
We may have the outrage but I doubt we have the stamina to wreck enough stuff to make a difference...I'll probably live my remaining few years in the prison without the bars but the quality of life and the standard of living isn't looking too promising!😳
We could start by taking down that ridiculous totem pole outside city hall.
Totem poles don't bother me, in general, but that it is on Sequim City property speaks volumes about where City Hall loyalties go, give the symbolism and what we experience from our local governments.
If it is removed, shall we replace it with a cowboy statue? :-)
The argument is, the tribes trust properties should be revoked, because they failed to disclose to the BIA that they intended to create a "compensation mechanism" to get "reparations for colonization" to heal a bad relationship. None of those goals are cause to put land into tribal trust. They withheld their true intentions for acquisition.
Another mistake was allowing checkering. Federal law is supposed to prevent checkering. Checkering means part of the tribe over here..part of it over there. and so on. By not following federal laws and fighting for no checkering, a right our commissioners have and would have prevailed on, the Peninsula is checkered with tribal trust properties. Jamestown is in Blyn, Dungeness, downtown Sequim and now the old KOA. The intent of Congress was to expand the current reservation not split it up piece meal.
The Tribe even has trust land in PA city limits. It looks like they are just run-down homes/investment properties.
Piece meal reservations that cause land use disparities are not something the federal code seems to allow. Think about the Dungeness golf course, and what a problem it has created by allowing free water reign while cracking down on everybody else. Even if the tribe claimed it could get economic independence, the land use disparity under equal protection should have prevented checkering in the Dungeness. The reservation can't be everywhere. They want it to be everywhere but the code says a county can stop lands from being placed into tribal trusts if the checkering causes land use and equal protection disparities.
But our commissioners won’t even answer the BIA letters
The public, a landowner can write in a challenge to the final decision.
The fact that they choose to ignore those BIA letter questions is absolutely grounds for dismissal for all 3 of them.
Or any questions at all!👹
"Clever Girl!"😬
Jurassic Park, right?
🙂
I'm pretty sure their pan is to eventually own it all. Like the old Johnny Cash song. One piece at a time. Didnt cost me a dime....
Good one!
And next we “guests” will be paying a toll to cross their land, maybe even need passports.
Sorry folks park closed. Mr. Griswald is going to have to turn back.
🤣
The taxation is already a toll!🤨
Infiltration. Listen to/watch "the speech that got JFK killed" and the description he gives of the tactics used by the 'deep state'. It's all right there!
Great sleuthing and reporting.🙂
Recompete coordinator is probably another high paying job for the liberals to expand their support groups.Just another waste of tax $$$,this bogus position is supposed to help people find jobs.This is why wa state has ''WORK SOURCE the unemployment division that helps people find jobs''.Some of these libtards need to go back to school and try and learn some basic conservative economics and quit trying to dazzle people with their ignorance by wasting hard earned tax $$$.
I'm sure they will be excited to further their education and repent of their ignorance!🤣
100% Jeff
The Stossel video is a must see, more than once. Should be part of high school social studies curriculum, if one still exists. We the people must get back to defending the Constitution of The United States of America. Legislators have abrogated the intention of tribal sovereignty being the ability of tribal members to preserve many historical traditions. Not all past activities are acceptable today, as evidenced in the Stossel video.
I would love to see a dialog take place between tribal and non-tribal citizens, not elected officials. If natives enjoy the benefits of the United States, then should we not share the responsibilities as well. ONE NATION.
What Constitution was that again?😬
I'm still baffled at this full quote from yesterday.
"No. Descendants still pay property tax. Still get taxed to fill a car with gasoline. Still pay tax at a grocery store. Still have to have medical insurance to cover what IHS will not cover. We do not receive checks in the mail like other tribes. The few who run Jamestown have thier own stuff locked down. And they are not sharing. Most true desendants were left out all together and do not condone what the whitest tribe in Washington has made of itself."
If actual tribal members aren't getting the same exemptions as the tribal corporation, and the money the tribal corporation generates isn't being shared with actual members, then the goals of sovereignty run counter to my understanding what this is all about. Do the people who run around supporting every endeavor of the tribal corporation understand they are complicit in actual members getting screwed by their own? Maybe they don't care because they're getting something for it. How is it possible that individual members aren't demanding equal treatment by the leaders of the entity that claim to represent them?
The claim that the true descendants have been left out while those in charge have figured out how to manipulate the system for some unknown good is unsettling. Who is actually benefitting? Are these leaders living high on the hog while feeding scraps to the masses?
If the tribal corporations are able to get endless grants and exemptions under the guise that it's for the welfare of their members, but instead it's spent on Xmas lights, roundabouts, or political contributions, etc, then is this a bait & switch situation?
With this incredible revelation it seems to me that these tribal members are in much the same position as we are with our county governance…. One big boat load and being jerked around!!!!!
This is what a fascist corporate power structure looks like!
Welcome to hell!👹
Why was the gender (“wife” & “daughter”) of Brendan’s spouse and offspring identified? (“It was only after numerous talks with their wife, Hana, and daughter, Kaydnthat [sic] Meyer felt ready to make an announcement they dreaded.”
Not applicable!
Indians owned more slaves than whites and even after the civil war Indians did not let their slaves go free until special agreements were made.
Ozias owns part of the "reparations for colonization." to heal a bad relationship franchise. He is an officer of the NODC. So is Navarra Carr. You can see what she thinks of our treaty. We are just guests as far as her NODC is concerned.
I would like to address the murder at the Safeway fuel stop, Tina Alcorn and the hit and run victim in Sequim. I have read every book that CJ Box has written. In any book where one of the characters is a county prosecutor the character says, "Don't bring me a case to try in court unless you can assure me that I have a 100% chance of victory. Why did Clallam County choose not to proceed against Tina Alcorn 9 years ago? Why did they not proceed in the murder at the Safeway fuel stop. And how discouraging for the Sequim Police Department for their great efforts in pursuing the hit and run driver to Oklahoma and bring him back to Washington State. All for naught. Geez Louise!
The Democrats and the "autonomy zone" are to blame. Its their way of mob control that needs a law breaking base with boarded up businesses. Look at Sequim. They have an "autonomy zone" Johnny Sweat or Benny Piper would have that place cleaned out in about 10 minutes. Its just a depot for Soros to drop people off at it and place pallets of bricks. This time the Democrats are caught red handed. Sequim has mixed a retirement community with "autonomous" gangsters.
'Those who are enlightened before the others... are Doomed to carry out that enlightenment in spite of the others.' Attributed to C. Columbus
About the they/them business: Associated Press added them/them as a singular gender neutral pronoun to its Stylebook in 2017, although that usage has always turned my stomach.
https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/products-and-services/making-a-case-for-a-singular-they/
I have always argued that indefinite pronouns are always singular and must agree with their antecedents in number (which is usually the problem). There are often ways of writing around the conundrum, like using a plural noun in place of an indefinite pronoun.
As a man of peace, I COMPLETELY reject & condemn the scumbags who cause or create and foster any environment of violence or destruction~! That said, being peaceful definitely does not mean that I am "helpless" in any way and as an American Constitutionalist I have a strict duty to defend America and ALL Americans from criminals in & outside of our beloved country. The only warning that I will offer to those who have any thoughts of terrorizing Americans here in our otherwise beautiful & peaceful community is very clear. Make trouble, play stupid games, and you will win stupid prizes~!!! Have a great weekend and stay safe and out of harm's way~!
Sincerely, Mike
I'll gladly join you!!!!
Thank You, Patriot Joe L. Givens~!
It is a true honor to have you in the ranks of the American Patriots~!
I believe that we are safe out here in our community, however it is always important to remain stocked up, well prepared, and vigilant. If things do get out of hand, please don't hesitate to contact me and/or others of like minds. I have been following the US Military style signaling that is very clearly warning good Americans to steer clear of big cities and especially large crowds starting tomorrow~! This is no drill~! Tomorrow, the 14th of June, is actually the 250th anniversary of the US Army, American Flag Day, and President Trump's birthday, so it has long been planned by the criminals of humanity to give the US Military and President Trump a "black eye" starting tomorrow and going into the near future as they expand their ongoing Insurrection~! This is however all playing right into President Trump and the white hats plans, so their evil agenda will of course fail... Thanks to the great support of yours, and many American Patriots, our American Republic will be restored, and many amazing things will eventually be revealed and forthcoming as a direct result~! Please stay cool, out of harm's way, and by all means enjoy every day~! A good sense of humor is critical and helping others who are in need right in our own community is always important. No fear~! Thank you so much again for your wonderful Patriotic support and fear not, because we MASSIVELY outnumber the screaming criminals and their brainwashed useful idiots who are foolishly trying to destroy America~!
Cheers~!
Mike
Great advice and we are doing much of the same in preparation and planning. I am just hoping that our LEO's will be on the right side of history.
Excellent~!
You do pose an interesting and critical question about the LEO's and especially the County Sheriff's, because the County Sheriffs have enormous power and they are ALL sworn to uphold The American Constitution. We (Americans) are also all "sworn" and obliged to uphold The American Constitution, so the mass confusion that has been brainwashed into Americans about The Constitution has been very much intentional for many decades to sow this mass confusion in the general public. The war against America has been waged from within for well over 100 years. Ha~! I foolishly believed that Americans would come together to defend America at some point when I was very young because that seemed perfectly logical. However, after seeing first-hand how many Americans completely refuse to do the right thing by learning the truth instead of so stubbornly assuming that they know the truth when they do not, I am sad to say that "we" (America) is in serious jeopardy because of the ignorant ones among us. Of course, most of the rioting Insurrectionists are actually being paid for their treasonous actions right now, which can easily get them a death sentence in a Military Tribunal, but sadly there is a small % who are actually brainwashed into believing that they are doing the right thing. Unfortunately, that won't go well for them because "Intent" matters not in federal treason prosecutions~! A great example is just how many have been ruthlessly brainwashed into actually believing that America is a "Democracy" when America is the total opposite of a "mob rule" Democracy because it has always been a Republic~! That concept alone, is clearly too much for many Americans to remotely handle, let alone understand~! Our American educational system is beneath contempt, and I feel terrible for the few really good & great teachers who have battled to educate Americans over the past many decades~! It is SO bad now, even the generations of brainwashed teachers are literally ignorant criminals of dis and mis information in all too many cases. So, my friend, I am afraid that most LEO's have no clue about The Constitution that they have sworn to defend and uphold, and worse, they have been brainwashed into "just following orders" from so-called "superiors" who are in reality very from superior and in many cases actually the most dangerous criminals in the country themselves~! That said, my analysis is strong that another real civil war will be unlikely, but we must be prepared for the worst and hope for the best under the circumstances. The LEO's that I know here seem to be mostly decent folks and judging how they all ran to hide under their beds during the fake COVID and deadly "vaccine" attack, I am not sure that they will likely choose to attack American Patriots who are peacefully minding their own business and willing to defend themselves, their families, and their communities. For every LEO out here, there are at least 100 peaceful yet potentially armed Americans, so I am pretty sure that many LEO's will be joining the ranks of the Patriots instead of following unlawful unconstitutional orders that would clearly get them killed. We shall see, but the LEO's have to live here as well, and we all know who they are and where they live because they are part of our community where the majority just wants to live free and in peace ;-) Have a great Friday the 13th and stay safe~! Sincerely, Mike
Enjoy reading your comments. I am not as well versed. As you will see in downtown PA and Sequim this Saturday many of the brainwashed masses spewing crap and nonsense. I am lucky to know a few sheriff's and a couple of Sequim police. I would hope that they will follow the side of Patriots, but not really sure until it happens.
Well, thank you for the great and generous compliment~!
I just fumble and bumble my way through, but I do have a great deal of experience as an American Constitutionalist. OK, and a little writing experience as well... Being an American Constitutionalist is actually one of the most difficult paths on earth to actually follow, but the "good news" is that it is financially devastating, you will likely be hated by all political fanatics, and you can forget being appreciated for your sacrifices by the vast majority! Ha~! Oh, and as a bonus you will lose most of your friends and family, but in truth that really can be a blessing in disguise because not many are worthy of respect anyway because of their ignorance of The American Constitution and when they get into trouble, which they all tend to do, then you don't have to worry about helping them because they "weeded themselves out"~! Ha Ha Ha! God indeed works in mysterious ways ;-) Yes, in going through Sequim & Port Angeles this week I noticed that the "nuts" are already out displaying their gross ignorance and brainwashing enslavement~! Of course, that is their Constitutional right and all part of this sick game that we have all been entrapped by. I have been analyzing folks and their "opinions" all of my life, to the degree that I was capable at the time, so I definitely know where they get their poor information from and exactly what the problem really is. You can't discuss that with them however, because one of the humans' greatest weaknesses is that they are relatively easy to trick and deceive, but nearly impossible to get them to see that they have been tricked and deceived because they are just that irrational and personally lacking. An excellent example is the complete criminal conspiracy that "we" (Americans) have all been victims of, where every child is told a blatant lie about needing 2 years of foreign languages to get into college~! HA! Dead wrong~! My father, THE elite PhD on a University campus, told me about that when I was about 8 or 9 years old, so I have always known that it was a disgusting lie that ALL American children are told. Just imagine if those generations of American children (they, them, us, "we" ;-) had taken more math, English, science, or any other really valuable classes instead of the foreign languages that the vast majority of folks never even use~? I am definitely not against people learning foreign languages, especially when so many American children are having such difficulty even "speakie English"~! but we have allowed our children to be terribly abused and severely underserved in the public school "concentration camps" for far too long! To add insult to that gross injury, Americans have spent more money on the corrupt failed public education model than almost any other country on earth per student~! Where did all that money really go~? Now, many generations into this "un-education" system we have real problems that will take many generations to die off, so that the future generations can be well served in a true educational system. After the criminals of humanity COVID atrocities against children, we have a HUGE amount of work to do as a society~! There are those of us who are patiently waiting for this oldest of wars against humanity to be handled, so that we can proceed with our Humanitarian project goals. There is a great and fantastic new America that is extremely well funded just waiting for these criminals within our country to be purged and dealt with, which believe it or not is in process today. This is why there are those brainless useful idiots on the street corners "prostituting" themselves for the criminals who are in fact still trying to murder them~! Ironic huh? Well, it is what it is, and these "political prostitutes" need to foolishly burn themselves out. No way in Hell is anyone going to pay much attention to them because the vast majority of Americans have spoken to reject the evil Marxist/Communist (actually satanic) garbage THREE times in a row now and they will just have to suck it up~! Be well and enjoy the road potholes and all ;-)) Sincerely, Mike
When LEO's are all geared up and ready to 'cowboy' that's pretty heady stuff...a sense of power is hard to say no to and they are 'paramiltary soldiers'... WAY more since the 'patriot act'...most will 'do what they're told' to do.
We're (collectively)'on our own' and not 'organized' so we are greater in number if/when SHTF... but handicapped.
Just try 'organizing' and see how that goes, under 'the surveillance state'.
'They' know who the organized ones are and 'they' will disband or destroy if 'they' perceive a real threat to 'their' authority...think Roman Empire Police State.
No dissent or counteraction allowed.
See what 'the authorities' did to Jesus and the disciples, The Essenes, The Cathars, etc. and they were 'mostly peaceful'🤪
Brendan was a member of an International governing body, following through with documented plans to make "colonizers" pay "reparations for colonization." In plain English that means re-negotiate a treaty by intercepting County government funds and opportunities and giving them to the tribes, despite said treaty and despite the BIA and Congress being the true constitutional authority..Not Brendan, Not Lindsey..Not Navarra..Not Nathan West. Not Latrisha Suggs, Not Kate Dexter...Not the new tribal voice Amy Miller. They could write and sign a resolution to support the BIA and Congress taking action, but they can't form an International government on U.S Soil and re-negotiate a treaty. The tribe was dumb to join Dougherty ,Chapman and Tharinger...Patty Morris..Rod Fleck..in opening the NODC. The Tribes opted out of the treaty and will continue to be opted out as long as they operate NODC and SERN. Sandra Johnson and Rachel Hagaman never should have bought what Howard Dougherty was selling. They took the tribes down void treaty lane. A lane they remain in today.
As the old saying goes the road to hell is paved in good intentions…. How ever my understanding has been that the tribe was given a choice… reservation land or property for each member, thus the Serpentine area and beach???
Many of the Fraud Section’s cases are suits filed under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 - 3733, a federal statute originally enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the American Civil War.
The FCA provides that any person who knowingly submits, or causes to submit, false claims to the government is liable for three times the government’s damages plus a penalty that is linked to inflation. FCA liability can arise in other situations, such as when someone knowingly uses a false record material to a false claim or improperly avoids an obligation to pay the government. Conspiring to commit any of these acts also is a violation of the FCA.
In addition to allowing the United States to pursue perpetrators of fraud on its own, the FCA allows private citizens to file suits on behalf of the government (called “qui tam” suits) against those who have defrauded the government. Private citizens who successfully bring qui tam actions may receive a portion of the government’s recovery. Many Fraud Section investigations and lawsuits arise from such qui tam actions.
The Department of Justice obtained more than $2.9 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. More information about those recoveries can be found here and the 2024 FCA statistics can be found here.”
So how does this apply today? I’m confused.
Its illegal under the false claims act to lie on an application to use federal money.
The SERN and NODC were created to get "reparations for colonization." to heal a bad relationship. For 24 years now they have all been lying on federal applications.
Apparently it IS legal...but still not LAWFUL!
If they are getting away with it, that sets the precedent for it being 'legal'!
Who's going to indict and prosecute?😳
You, could hire an attorney tomorrow and file a qui tam action against them all for lying to a federal program.
The False Claims Act is a federal law that imposes liability on individuals and companies that defraud government programs, allowing private citizens to file lawsuits on behalf of the government, known as qui tam actions. It was originally enacted in 1863 to combat fraud during the Civil War and has since become a key tool for recovering funds lost to fraud against the government.
Why hasn't it been done? Are there receipts(meant in a Dan Bongino way)?
You have 10 grand under your mattress?
Well, it's not under my mattress.
No one to carry it forward...too much corruption.😱
Are you seriously suggesting these 'foreign agents' are not following the rule of law?
Say it isn't so!🤣