Have We Become so Cynical, so Jaded, That $9 Billion in Fraud Against the Taxpayer Isn't a Huge Issue?

<![CDATA[I admit to being a fuddy-duddy, a curmudgeon, an old fogy when it comes to the public purse. I'll be 72 on Sunday (cash gifts only, please). I cut my teeth in politics by writing about the deficit, arguing that a $100 billion government shortfall was not sustainable. I also wrote about the scandal of the national debt, which stood at an unheard of $1.5 trillion in 1984.]]>