Every day there is another news story that a politician or government employee is being accused of criminal activity. Or there is a story about waste of taxpayer money. While the government employee or politician is (or is not) prosecuted, it is rare that we read that the government entity harmed by the misconduct has recovered the proceeds of the criminal activity or is in some way made whole after the corruption.
While commentators, reporters, and other politicians talk about the negative impact on the public when another story of corruption or waste of government money is reported, the taxpayers who are injured by the illegal activity or waste are ignored. Yet it is the taxpayers’ money that is wasted and lost in the schemes.
