Paul Gigot hosts a panel on 'Journal Editorial Report' to discuss the Minnesota fraud scandal, Gov. Tim Walz's, D-Minn., reaction and how the scandal will impact the rest of the nation.

For years, Democrats assured us that expanding government programs was an act of moral heroism — that the only thing standing between America and utopia was more taxpayer money flowing through more "community-based" nonprofits embracing "equity-centered" missions.

Then Minnesota happened, exposing a truth the radical left will never admit: The system isn't broken. This is exactly how it’s designed to work.

Over 70 people connected to the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future face federal charges in the country’s largest COVID pandemic fraud scandal. It was primarily Somali American defendants who allegedly stole funds meant for low-income children by submitting falsified invoices, fake meal counts and fabricated rosters. The organizations billed the government for tens of millions of unserved meals, using the stolen money for luxury cars, beachfront property and homes.

It’s jaw-dropping — but it’s not surprising. And it happened because Democrats built a system practically engineered for abuse by the nonprofit industrial complex. Here are the five reasons this fraud was so easy to commit — and why the same conditions exist in states across the country.

WALZ BEARS 'FULL RESPONSIBILITY' FOR $1B FRAUD SCANDAL, GOP CHALLENGER DEMUTH DECLARES

It’s easy to blame "COVID chaos" for what unfolded in Minnesota, but the fraud wasn't subtle. COVID-19 simply provided the political cover to dump hundreds of millions of dollars onto a broken, low-oversight system.

According to DOJ indictments, the perpetrators’ lies were ludicrous. One defendant, Abdirashid Dool, claimed his site in Pelican Rapids was serving 6,000 meals a day, seven days a week. The entire population, children and adults, of Pelican Rapids is less than 2,500. Another network of sites, Empire Cuisine, fraudulently obtained more than $47 million.

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