It's the American Way

I suppose that it only the supposed expession of surprise that Americans would be absolutely creative intheir attempts to craft schemes to get money they are not entiteld to for hardships that they did not endure is what makes the recent article in the New York Times stand out.

More than a month after the hurricane devastated the Gulf Coast, evidence is mounting that cheaters across the nation are trying to cash in on the catastrophe with a boldness that surprises even some longtime law enforcement officials.

"It is just amazing to me the moral values that seem to exist," said McGregor W. Scott, the United States attorney in Fresno, Calif., where nine area residents have been charged with defrauding the American Red Cross in a case involving false claims submitted to a Red Cross call center in Bakersfield, Calif.