Two things I have not heard in the reporting on the Minnesota. Fraud.

One is the fact that every request granted for money requires a signature on a piece of paper. This is treated as testimony that the invoices are real and proper. There is fraud within the Minnesota government. The offending government office holders need to be threatened with jail, fines, and - automatically - loss of job. Those that cooperate could negotiate a lesser punishment. This will lead to punishment of those higher up.

Second is the IRS needs to be involved. The IRS does not need to have a court order to get information. They can simply tell people to come in and provide paper backup for people's salaries, withholding, contributions to Social Security, and all of their business records. Income is income whether you get it by working or by fraud. (Look up Al Capone's tax evasion case. It was federal prosecution that put the Chicago crime boss in jail in 1931.)