Privatizing government is a win for greedy middlemen, fraudsters • Minnesota Reformer

If you are someone who generally roots for public policy to succeed, then you might have noticed that Minnesota is having a rough couple of months. In June, the state’s celebrated eBike rebate applications were postponed due to a website crash; last week, Attorney General Keith Ellison announced he would be charging five people with over $7 million in fraudulent Medicaid billings; and all of this occurred amidst the ongoing Feeding Our Future trial, which has revealed startling inadequacy in the oversight of more $250 million of nutrition assistance grants...