The Democrats who run my home state of Massachusetts think they’re lucky. Since the start of the year, they’ve faced a slew of investigations and stories about widespread fraud in state-run welfare programs. Coming on the heels of the fraud fiasco in Minnesota, Massachusetts Democrats initially feared they’d have to answer for tolerating the blatant theft of taxpayer money.

But the news cycle has moved on, consumed by the widening war in the Middle East. Still, voters should know how bad things are in the Bay State — and other blue states — because the bill will soon come due.