In January 2012, the Illinois Auditor Generals office set up a fraud hotline to provide Illinoisans a way to sound the alarm on corruption. After all, Illinois is the third-most corrupt state in America.
TAGS: corruption, fraud
by Kristina Rasmussen While standing in a very long line at the Post Office yesterday, I noticed this placard advertising their PhotoStops Kit. Basically, you get to put a photo of your choice on a legit stamp. We all know that USPS is facing major fiscal issues. Things are bad. So bad, apparently, that they’re asking customers...
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson The Associated Press reports that the federal government’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) “wasted more than $100 million paying the electric bills of thousands of applicants who were dead, in prison or living in million-dollar mansions.” LIHEAP is designed to help low-income families pay their electric bills, but there was “little oversight of...
