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Fraud costs American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year. President Trump has assigned JD Vance to address the problem, which will require him to master an odd entity, the vice-presidential task force.
The form emerged when President Ronald Reagan made Vice President George H.W. Bush head of the Task Force on Regulatory Relief. It worked with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to slow the rise of federal regulations. When Mr. Bush became president, he assigned Vice President Dan Quayle to head the Council on Competitiveness.
President Bill Clinton appointed Al Gore head of the most famous vice-presidential task force, the National Partnership for Reinventing Government. Under President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney headed a task force to promote dependable and affordable energy. Vice President Joe Biden chaired the vaguely titled Task Force on Middle Class Working Families. Vice President Mike Pence headed the coronavirus task force. Vice President Kamala Harris was designated border czar. Few of these efforts succeeded, but all contain lessons for Mr. Vance: