Minnesota was Simply Negligent

The fraud case rumbling out of Minnesota? That state was completely negligent. And it is my personal experience that brings me to say this. A few years ago, I worked for a company that was community‑minded (C.R. England) and involved us in volunteer work. I was asked to monitor (“audit,” if you will) one school, visiting sometimes announced and other times unannounced to ensure that the food was actually being distributed.

In Minnesota, the perpetrators of the fraud simply created a supposed roll of children receiving meals. Many didn’t even have kitchens or facilities to prepare the food. In Utah, such fraud would not be possible. I would have caught it on my first unannounced visit. Checking with Copilot (AI), I learned that such monitoring also takes place in Utah’s childcare program. Note also that federal regulations require this kind of oversight. There was simply no good excuse for Minnesota not monitoring its programs.

And it wasn’t just one program being fraudulently used, but several. Minnesota had a systemic problem. Checks and balances were absent throughout various welfare programs. The state was simply and plainly negligent.