The Trump administration is openinginvestigations into fraud in California.
Not just voter fraud — and not just the high-profile cases that have already been prosecuted.
Rather, the federal inquiry, led by Vice President JD Vance, is going to look into fraud that has become a part of how California does business.
It refers to the circle of self-enrichment through which political donors and special interests bag cash from government spending — then kick some of that cash back to politicians’ campaigns.
Often, tax dollars are spent on programs run by left-wing organizations with political agendas. They don’t solve problems; they justget Democrats electedto keep the cycle going and the money flowing.
That’s the only way to explain why thehigh-speed rail projectpersists in the Central Valley, even though almost nobody wants it and nobody is even pretending the state can afford it.
Fraud is also the only way to explain how California spends nearly half a billion dollars on an overhaul of the 911 emergency system, only to find that the project doesn’t work.
And when you double state spending in 10 years, without doubling — or even improving — the quality of public services, you know that a good chunk of that money is being wasted or being siphoned off somewhere.
We’re not necessarily talking about criminal fraud — though there is plenty of that. We’re talking about systemic fraud. It’s a feature, not a bug.
More than a century ago, the infamous Plunkitt of Tammany Hall explained the difference between “honest” graft and the dishonest kind.
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