How to brazenly steal $100B from Medicare and Medicaid

Re:How to brazenly steal $100B from Medicare and Medicaid by renewiltord on Thursday March 09, 2023 @01:01PM (#35084402)

Americans don't know what corruption looks like because they're not familiar with it but it is pervasive here - made worse because it causes an American so much shame that he will reflexively attempt to deny it. Clever trick to make it part of the national psyche.

It's amazing because San Francisco is really as or more corrupt than most Indian cities I've visited. The difference appears to be that while corruption steals the same $90 out of every $100 made, the sheer economic productivity of American cities permits them to still provide services.

It's really an incredible sight.

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Re:How to brazenly steal $100B from Medicare and Medicaid by mrguyorama on Thursday March 09, 2023 @02:51PM (#35085741)

Americans absolutely know what corruption and fraud looks like but the problem is that half of us seem to want to get in on it instead of fixing it. Look at MLMs, bitcoin, gambling, stock trading, americans are OBSESSED with get rich quick ideas. A lot of people's anger with 2008 seems to be, not that some people fleeced the general public, but rather that they themselves were not part of that group. Everyone seems to see life as a zero sum game where they can only improve by harming someone else first

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