Story Crystal Foster's father advised her to spend the [fradulently received] $500,000 income tax refund she got two years ago. When the government came looking for its money, the Fosters said it was their rightful reparations, since their ancestors were slaves.
According to the Internal Revenue Service more than 80,000 tax returns were filed in 2001 seeking nonexistent slavery tax credits, totaling $2.7 billion. More than $30 million was mistakenly paid out in slave reparations in 2000 and part of 2001.
Way to go, IRS!
... the government has also begun quietly cracking down on filers of false claims after years of looking the other way.
If only they kept within reason - at least below half a million, nobody would have bothered them, but the brazen f#$%@#s had to get greedy. Spoiled the game for the rest.
Now we can Look forward to footing the bill for prosecution, non-recovery of the money that has already been spent and for housing them in jail.
miko