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Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue

Published March 12, 2024 | Video Starts at 14:54

I think the biggest thing of course is just to get people aware of what's going on and that The government will never ask you to buy a gift card and send us the numbers. or that the IRS isn't going to call you on the phone and ask for your credit card number right away. (14:54–14:58)

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Asserts that the government does not request gift card purchases for payments.

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Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 02:04-02:16
“We charge interest on [the loans], we make income on that. So we are able to distribute money to schools from that.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 02:19-02:27
“The problem isn't just that certain tribal members don't have to pay property taxes. It's that under the, before this court decision came…”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 03:53-04:06
“The taxes they did pay, the property taxes have to be reimbursed.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 04:07-04:11
“The loan part comes in. It's to pay off the taxes that shouldn't have been collected in the first place.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 04:26-04:31
“Every other loan through the municipal loan program gives it out to a... county or a town or city, we're pretty much guaranteed to get that…”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 06:19-06:32
“There isn't that much land that's actually being taxed in the town right now.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 07:11-07:15
“Sanborn is unique in that because the services are requiring to be paid by property taxes and there's a large portion of people who are…”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 08:48-08:59
“The tribe does pay a large portion of the services and they're not just excluding town members either.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 09:30-09:38
“We found actually $144,000 for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, but somebody typed in the University of Madison, Wisconsin.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 12:26-12:36
“There's a lot of financial fraud going on, whether it's online or on the phone.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 14:25-14:30
“Scammers will try to pretend they're government officials or they're missing taxes.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 14:33-14:39
“The IRS isn't going to call you on the phone and ask for your credit card number right away.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 14:59-15:03
“I'm not right now asking for anything more to do the job I have.”
Leiber warns Sanborn could be canary in the coal mine on tribal member property tax issue | Uploaded March 12, 2024 | 15:50-15:55