text:  So it looks like scammers got away with lots of free cash during the pandemic. And, hey, so did lots of other people that got the money, even though they weren't trying to scam the government. And all of us are still paying the price. For Reason Magazine, I'm Eric Boehm. You can check out more of our coverage of this and everything else going on in Washington and around the country this week at Reason.com. And catch me right back here next week on another edition of American Radio Journal.