Matt Continetti adds to the Wall Street Journal’s discussion of the massive fraud in flyover country as he explains how “How Minnesota Became the Land of 10,000 Frauds.” He concludes his column:
“Minnesota is a generous state, Minnesota is a prosperous state, a well-run state, we are AAA bond-rated, but that attracts criminals,” Mr. Walz told “Meet the Press.”
No it doesn’t. What attracts criminals is the chance that they will get away with the crime. The possibility of an easy getaway to Kenya spikes when welfare isn’t limited, temporary and conditional, but omnipresent and unreserved. When government aid isn’t considered a sign of systemic failure but a positive good. And when political correctness demands willful blindness to wrongdoing.
There’s good old poltics in addition to political correctness. There is the exploitation of the natives by members of a Third-World tribal culture. There’s a lot of expalining to do. Whole thing here (behind the Journal’s paywall).
