https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/doge-social-security-deposi...
There is a report [1] showing that the Social Security Administration had 72 billion of “improper payments”, which includes not only over-payments but under-payments, and does not necessarily imply fraud.
This summary was released under the Biden administration [2]: “[Inspector General] Reports: Nearly $72 Billion Improperly Paid; Recommended Improvements Go Unimplemented” https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2024-08-19-ig-reports-near...
[1] “Preventing, Detecting, and Recovering Improper Payments”. Office of the Inspector General https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/072401.pdf
[2] I’m sure we all hope that the Inspector General continues to keep up this good work through any administration, and for that administration to have to answer any questions that work raises.
The people they elected commit atrocities, but the propaganda machine is beaming to their heads that they're only hurting against people they don't like, so they feel good about the cruelty. You know, stuff N*zis do.
These people really think 71 billion is nothing. And yet 71 billion saved here, 50 billion saved there, etc. in what seems never ending: in the end it looks like they're serious and can save 1 trillion, annually, in the budget.
Do people ever stop and think that, maybe, acknowledging 71 billion in social security fraud shows that there's a very serious issue of fraud in the US?
In addition to that, anyone who believe the $20m uncovered for a Sesame Street show in Iraq is about "soft power" or about "bringing democracy to Iraq" and not about 18 of these 20 millions being siphoned by fraudsters is out of his mind.