The False Claims Act was supposed to root out fraud and abuse. Instead, it has transferred it.
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ROBERT STOWE ENGLAND
SENATOR Charles Grassley (R., Iowa), a slow-talking farmer who has made bales of political hay out of his rural Midwestern heritage, likes to portray himself as a prairie watchdog against government fraud and waste. Since early in his career in Congress he has gotten big political mileage out of his attacks on procurement follies at the Department of Defense. Who can forget the $7,600 Air Force coffee pot he immortalized, or the $1,868 Pentagon toilet seat?
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ROBERT STOWE ENGLAND
SENATOR Charles Grassley (R., Iowa), a slow-talking farmer who has made bales of political hay out of his rural Midwestern heritage, likes to portray himself as a prairie watchdog against government fraud and waste. Since early in his career in Congress he has gotten big political mileage out of his attacks on procurement follies at the Department of Defense. Who can forget the $7,600 Air Force coffee pot he immortalized, or the $1,868 Pentagon toilet seat?
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