🚨🇺🇸 OPINION: MINNESOTA'S BILLION-DOLLAR FRAUD PROVES THE WELFARE STATE IS NOW A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE Minnesota just discovered $1 billion in welfare fraud, and the scams are so brazen they're almost admirable. One group stole children's lunch money using names from "listofrandomnamesCom." Parents extorted autism therapy centers, threatening to take their non-autistic kids elsewhere unless kickback payments increased from $1,500 monthly. A housing assistance program that was supposed to cost $2.6 million ballooned to $104 million because nobody checked if the houses or residents existed. The masterpiece was Feeding Our Future, which claimed to feed thousands of children during the pandemic. When state officials flagged obvious fraud, the scammers cried racial discrimination and the money kept flowing. They bought luxury cars, real estate in Kenya and Turkey, while Minnesota bureaucrats kept refilling the cookie jar. The attorney for one defendant admitted what everyone knows: "No one was doing anything about the red flags." Here's why this matters beyond Minnesota: states get between $1 and $9 in federal money for every dollar they spend on Medicaid. When fraud happens, Washington pays 90% of the theft. What rational state official would aggressively investigate fraud when catching it means losing federal dollars? The incentive structure guarantees corruption. Minnesota didn't fail to catch fraud; they succeeded at maximizing federal transfers. ...