As we’ve written previously, Democrats have a habit of defending massive systemic fraud by opposing and demagoguing commonsense reforms as harmful “cuts” to programs. One would think government expansionists would have a powerful political incentive to combat waste and fraud within the programs they cherish because such abuses undermine public confidence in said programs — and might (read: should) inspire widespread skepticism about further expansion. 

But many Democrats, quite affirmatively, do not care about such things. 

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The only acceptable direction of spending is up, always, featuring the largest increases they can get away with. At best, they are indifferent to fraud, apparently having concluded that misused funds can be hidden in the bloat or written off as the cost of compassion, and that their ideological allies in the ‘news’ media will generally ignore or run interference on these matters.

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As Minnesota’s rampant fraud scandal started to really bite, the Democrats who run that place seemed almost gleefully eager to pivot to attacking ICE when given the opportunity to do so. The facts about criminals’ industrial-grade robbery of their taxpayers were so damning that they’ve offered no compelling defense on the merits. Deflection and indignation became their play. Indeed, during a recent congressional hearing into the fraud scandal, which highlighted outrageous revelations from whistleblowers, many Democratic participants used their “questions” to demonize federal law enforcement. 

But as ugly as Minnesota’s mess is, many anti-fraud and limited government advocates have warned that similar schemes have likely exploded all across the country — especially in places dominated by the waste-agnostic-to-supportive Party of........

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