programmer: There is much fraud being perpetrated in the name of business (Medicare swindling, etc.), and the only agency in a position to do much about it is the federal government.

To me, this is a government problem, not a “business” problem. Government will always be easier to swindle than private business because nobody has a stake in the money being stolen. Could you steal from BlueCross as easily as criminal doctors streal from Medicare? Would welfare fraud be so simple if welfare were privately run? Would school systems waste countless billions while screaming “poverty” if there were shareholders to report to?

Government should stick to the very few things only it can do, and as much as possible that should be state and local (yes, I am dreaming, I know: Leviathan will continue to grow unabated).