The Scale of the Failure
More than $9 billion in public program fraud is not a bookkeeping error — it’s a systemic collapse. Investigations show large fraud networks operated in plain sight for years while the people in charge of stopping fraud repeatedly missed obvious warning signs. That’s not just incompetence; it’s a failure of the system built to prevent this from happening.
DEI Took Priority Over Technical Skills
Internal policies pushed hiring and promotions based on diversity and “health equity” goals instead of auditing experience, data skills, and enforcement know-how. When you choose staff for ideological fit rather than fraud-detection ability, you don’t gain safety or fairness — you lose the people most capable of catching sophisticated abuse.
Oversight Became a Toothless Concept
Fraud prevention is technical and uncomfortable work: data checks, audit trails, skepticism, and the will to say no. But in offices reshaped by DEI frameworks, scrutiny got reframed as hostile or biased. The result: red flags were dismissed, whistleblowers were sidelined, and billions flowed out the door.
Why Politics and Bureaucracy Matter
This isn’t merely a staffing problem. When institutions prioritize avoiding “harm” over enforcing rules, oversight becomes performative. Offices that should have been adversarial and evidence-driven were repurposed for messaging and identity goals, leaving taxpayers exposed and honest workers frustrated.
The Immigration Angle Policymakers Ignore
It’s reasonable to say immigration fuels growth and helps replace a declining birth rate, but policy must be selective and coupled with strong enforcement. Bringing large, concentrated populations from places with weak institutional ties into a system that has stripped enforcement invites exploitation, especially when oversight is diminished at home.
Simple Fixes That Start With Competence
State agencies need clear, measurable hiring standards tied to technical skills for fraud prevention — data analysis, auditing, and enforcement experience — not just identity markers. Whistleblowers must be protected and red flags investigated promptly. If accountability is restored, so is public trust.
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