"It's the tip of the iceberg." That's a quote from FBI Director Kash Patel on the explosive video that came out about the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal. If that's where we are, then the level of action from both state and federal investigators should step up far more.

The video in question was Nick Shirley, who did the shocking thing of just going to Minnesota, knocking on doors, making calls, and interviewing people. In the process, he starts visiting places that claim to be childcare centers and finds multiple locations that are allegedly defrauding the state.

This is a project any journalist could pick up and run with. Some have done that. Others have not. But what jolts the viewer is how blatant the fraud is. When you go places with "Learing" instead of "Learning" in the name, and these are supposed to be child education centers, things fall apart quickly.

In other words, the story is that this should have been an easy fraud case to bust open. It was so blatant and obvious, shocking to anyone with eyes. This is worse than looking at Joe Biden's ailing health, and everyone is telling you the opposite of what you see is true.

Frankly, it's so obvious that it raises questions about what Tim Walz knew and when he knew it. He and other Democrats are steadfastly defending Somalians in the state, which is fine in the abstract. Still, when the fraud is pointing in one direction, it becomes more suspect.

One of the worst aspects was detailed in November, when Christopher Rufo and Ryan Thorpe tracked that money getting funneled back to Somalia and funding Islamic terrorist groups like Al-Shabaab. This is the same group that the FBI claimswas instrumental in trying to commit a 9/11 level attack on U.S. soil just this year.

In short, U.S. taxpayer money in Minnesota is getting used to fund rich lifestyles for those defrauding the state to the tune of billions a year, and also sending cash to terrorist groups in Somalia. Democrats are too busy trying to claim racism while literal taxpayer money is being used to kill us.

It's an obscene and grotesque maneuver, but this is what you get from Democrats these days. A total disconnect from reality, and a refusal to even broach the subject of there being a direct threat on the home turf.

It's with this in mind that I've somewhat bemusingly watched Democratic Representative Ro Khanna fight off his own constituents in Silicon Valley, as he argues in favor of a billionaire wealth tax. Khanna has reversed prior stances, where he correctly noted such a tax would wreck U.S. tech investment, and suddenly gone full Bernie Sanders, and been flippant towards tech entrepreneurs.

He seems oblivious to the fact that his spat - and the ensuing meltdown - is happening in parallel with the Minnesota fraud scandal. Austen Allred, a tech founder, summed it up on X:

Kinda funny that the two stories dominating my X feed are:

1. Needing to take 5% of net worth from billionaires to prop up government spending

2. Fraudsters brazenly taking billions of dollars of taxpayer money with little being done to stop it

In truth, he didn't say which fraud was the issue. It could be Minnesota, similar issues found in Maine, or California itself. A nonpartisan state auditor hammered Newsom and his government for rampant fraud going unchecked, sending billions out the door. And this doesn't include the ongoing fraud investigation, with charges, in Newsom's orbit.

It's hard to keep up.

But the point from all this is simple: why would anyone drop one more penny (rest in peace) on government through higher taxes when fraud is this rampant? And again, we're not talking complicated fraud schemes here. It's literally people abusing welfare and other similar programs to enrich themselves, or in the case of some of Minnesota's Somalian population, fund terrorists.

Asking for a wealth tax like Khanna and Democrats are doing while fraud explodes around them is bizarre. It's no wonder no one supports it, beyond the obvious issues: you're getting nothing in return. It's the government taking from the rich and giving it to the crooks.

You can't make a single comprehensive case that the taxes raised from a wealth tax will benefit Americans. At this stage, you have to assume fraud and abuse are the norm, particularly in the blue states where this is all blowing up.

We do need taxes and a government to keep a functioning society. I'm not arguing for the abolition of these things. But what we're seeing in Minnesota, Maine, California, and more (New York cracked down on a similar fraud) breaks the social contract.

Berating people for not paying more taxes while open and rampant fraud takes place is pure gaslighting. These states have to rebuild trust, not demand more tax dollars.

What is even more unfortunate is that it is taking independent YouTubers creating videos and uploading them to crack through the bubbles of everyone involved. A rational person would look at this situation and start immediate cleanup.

The White House and FBI are correct to step in. Democrats should take the issue seriously, too. But they don't seem to be right now.