Alex Adams
speaker
229 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 1 Jun
Alex Adams’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 2.
Appearances
But in 29 states, when that child entered foster care, the state was saying, we are now the parent of that child.
We're going to take that survivor's benefit from them.
And they're essentially taxing...
but at 100% and using it to offset permanent costs.
These states were essentially stealing from orphans and using it to cover government bureaucratic overhead.
So we sent a letter to 29 states asking them to end that practice, which I find morally objectionable.
And luckily, 10 states changed their laws this year.
Governor Pillen in Nebraska, Governor Landry in Louisiana, Governor Braun in Indiana right away signed an executive order saying we are going to end this.
Other states took legislative action.
In Kentucky, the Republican legislature ran a bill that Governor Beshear vetoed.
But luckily, the legislature, in an overwhelming bipartisan fashion, absolutely steamrolled Governor Beshear.
And I think the House vote was 91 to 3.
So his scheme to tax orphans has been effectively ended in that state.
But we still have...
A number of states to go.
Probably the most pernicious one is Minnesota.
During the campaign, Governor Walz talked about how he was a recipient of survivor's benefits and how it gave him quote unquote dignity, but he is removing that dignity from his own orphans in his foster care system, presumably to give it to Somali pirates or whatever.
So we still have a long way to go.
We're going to continue pushing on states.
First, I'd give him credit just for speaking to us.
Showing 61–80 of 229 · page 4 of 12
← Previous
Next →