Wisconsin: Michael Best "Operation Rainmaker" tax scam (Walker, Gableman lawfirm)
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Operation Rainmaker is a tax fraud scam where people in Tampa, Florida were caught filling fake tax returns and expecting the money to “rain down” on them.
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When lawyers and legislators of any party or philosophical bent use taxpayers money to secretly draft legislation, how are they any better than the people from Tampa who stole identities to collect tax refunds? The taxpayers of Wisconsin include the same victims as in the Tampa Rain Maker scam; most people pay taxes. Since when can such obviously fraudulent and secret activity be dismissed as political maneuvering?
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All the agreements were also signed by Eric McLeod of Michael Best & Friedrich, one of several attorneys who advised lawmakers on the maps. Legislative leaders have committed $400,000 in taxpayer money to pay Michael Best and the Troupis Law Office for their work on the maps.
McLeod has drawn attention in recent months for providing legal services to state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman under an arrangement in which Gableman did not have to pay. “GOP – Ignore the Public Comments”
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