David Bass willingly dove into the thicket that is CMS and money. In this case, free lunch money. Here are a few amusing artifacts he has recovered along the way. George Dunlap is particularly delightful, demanding evidence of free lunch fraud while opposing an audit to find such evidence.
Ah, all is right with the world. CMS is functioning exactly as it was intended to function by local civic leaders — as a distraction and a large engine of employment for low-skill workers and transfer payments for targeted communities.
Bonus Observation: Doesn’t seem like this story on CMS’ racial composition was cut short? There is has to be more data on this trend.