A modest plan for ending social services fraud

Thanks to the heroic efforts of Nick Shirley, James O’Keefe, Dr. Oz, and RFK Jr., Americans are beginning to get an idea of the horrifying scope of the money blown by federal, state, and municipal social services bureaucracies. Billions, possibly trillions, earmarked for daycare, elder care, medical treatments, hospices, pharmacies, addiction rehab, and sober living facilities funded lavish lifestyles and foreign terror organizations. What made America vulnerable to this tsunami of fraud has its roots in the late 19th-early 20th century progressive movement. Somehow, for certain influential citizens, the American system didn’t seem to offer enough for the underclass. In...