We have been covering the federal investigation of Minnesota’s ludicrous Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The program seemed to constitute another component of the symbiotic relationship between Minnesota’s Democratic establishment and the Third-World Somali tribal culture. The program was an invitation to fraud and the invitation was accepted.
In a vivid illustration of “The Thompson effect” — the effect of the work of Acting United States Attorney Joe Thompson — the Minnesota Department of Human Services now seeks to terminate the program. In classic scandal management style, the department made the announcement in statements released this Friday afternoon.
Well, I have asked Mr. Thompson for a statement of his own. This is it: “We welcome today’s news. Fraud has been eating away at Minnesota’s public programs for years, costing taxpayers billions. Ending the Housing Stabilization Services program cuts off a major source of abuse, but this is just the beginning. The fight against fraud continues, and a broader reckoning is long overdue.”
Will anyone say, “Thank you, Mr. Thompson”?
