I recall a saying from my youth that went, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” This comes to mind reading reports of the mind-boggling welfare fraud mega-scandal that has been exposed in Minnesota. For perspective on the scope of the scandal, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson estimates fraud losses in Minnesota since 2018 could top 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,...

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