Fraud Is an Open Wound on the Social Contract
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Fraud Is an Open Wound on the Social Contract

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Fraud draws down more than taxpayer money. It draws down trust, the basic currency of the safety net. A program endures only so long as the public believes resources are going where they should-that benefits reach the people who qualify and no one else, whether the ineligible claimant is an immigrant without lawful status or a citizen gaming the rules.