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For perspective on the scope of the scandal, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson estimates fraud losses in Minnesota since 2018 could top $9 billion.
We’re talking about fraud in Medicaid, nutrition programs, government-funded housing programs, government programs to assist autistic children, etc.
Beyond tracking down and indicting criminals, there are critically important lessons to be learned here for our country, and we must learn them.
What do we learn about the connection between fraud and big government? What do we learn about fraud, big government and the Democratic Party? What lessons do we learn regarding our immigration policy?
Fraud and big government go hand in hand.
A Government Accountability Office report in July notes over $300 billion of fraudulent payments in 19 pandemic-relief programs.
Last May, CBS’ 60 Minutes reported on vast fraud in federal spending programs. Per estimates of a woman who spent “a decade” at GAO, “I believe the government is losing between $550 billion and about $750 billion a year” in fraud.
