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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by HideousKojima on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:56PM (#23263245)
Social Security's admin costs are ~.7% of the program's budget, eliminating admin overhead, means-testing, and fraud fighting won't get you many gains:

https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/policy-basics-...

Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by jdc on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:31PM (#23266290)
I'm not in the US, so I know little about its social security programs. But isn't Social Security is one of many?

Also this paragraph from the linked article suggests that the 0.7% figure does not include means testing:

Indeed, universal participation and the absence of means-testing make Social Security very efficient to administer. Administrative costs amount to only 0.7 percent of annual benefits, far below the percentages for private retirement annuities. Means-testing Social Security would impose significant reporting and processing burdens on both recipients and administrators, undercutting many of those advantages while yielding little savings.