cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30195726
Jake Johnson
May 16, 2025An internal Trump administration document reportedly shows that anti-fraud checks recently installed at the Social Security agency have found just two cases of potentially improper benefit claims out of more than 110,000—a rate of 0.0018%.
The documents, first reported Thursday by Nextgov/FCW, further undercut President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s narrative that Social Security is brimming with fraud. #Musk falsely claimed in March that “40% of the calls into Social Security were fraudulent.”
Ya know. With how much social security helps people. Im okay with a portion of my social security payments going to a couple fraudsters.
That’s what I don’t get. Like, yes people will take advantage of anything. Literally anything. But the absolute maximum amount that someone is able to screw out of SS is PALTRY compared to even a SINGLE BUSINESS’S unpaid taxes that the GOP seemingly cannot even perceive.
I think the term “huge scandal” has lost it meaning. How big would something have to be to be an actual scandal worth Paying attention to? A ludicrous scandal?
An internal Trump administration document reportedly shows that anti-fraud checks recently installed at the Social Security agency have found just two cases of potentially improper benefit claims out of more than 110,000—a rate of 0.0018%
Whoo boy, I would not want to be one of those two people right now. Also Im genuinely surprised they literally found only two people
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a statement that “the Trump-Musk Social Security takeover has only meant more chaos and confusion for Americans.”
“Every` one of DOGE’s so-called ‘mistakes’ is a backdoor cut to people’s benefits,” said Warren. “There’s nothing efficient about making it harder for people to access the checks they’ve earned and are owed.”
On social media, Warren called the revelations in the internal administration document “a HUGE scandal.”
I’m tired boss
