Outside of the Revolutionary War era, it would be hard to find another period in American history when Americans have been more reluctant to pay their taxes — and justifiably so. At this point it’s understandable if your eyes start to glaze over when you hear about yet another massive fraud scheme that’s been engineered by foreigners to steal millions of dollars’ worth of your money. We’re talking about billions of dollars in Medicaid fraud, in just the state of Minnesota alone, every year. Think about that for a second. In just one state, Medicaid fraud all by itself — which is enabled by insurance companies and the Democrat Party — accounts for billions of dollars in theft.
In response, the Trump administration has launched an “anti-fraud task force,” led by JD Vance, to prosecute some of the worst offenders. But the truth is, an anti-fraud task force can’t actually solve the problem. Playing whack-a-mole with fraudsters isn’t going to work — they’re too creative, and our system of taxpayer handouts is effectively based on the honor system. In order to understand what I mean, we’ll start with a fun little exercise, where we all play detective.
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