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You have 21 year old software engineers who live in a completely different world from the 80 year olds these departments service. We will see the same problems when they try to "audit" the IRS. People have no idea how many filers still write out and mail old paper tax returns.
Ending phone service for the population with the least familiarity with the internet and/or the most mobility issues?
Put another way, they learned something, shrugged, and moved on to the next problem because they're not actually trying to hurt anyone, just reduce waste.
The problem is more complicated.
SSI database powers a bunch of system, but those systems can't check anything but "alive" or "dead" due to privacy laws.
It's not the SSI checks that are fraudulent. It's the ability to write a 200 year olds' SSN down w/o anyone NOTICING.
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This is inaccurate and misleading.
@SocialSecurity is protecting our seniors by ensuring bank accounts aren’t changed with little to no authentication.
Approx. 40% of Social Security direct deposit fraud is associated with fraudsters calling SSA on the phone and changing the x.com/ktumulty/statu…
Show more394 million recipients. Recipients. Recipients, r..e..c..i..p..i..e..n..t..s. I can't spell it out any clearer. There are only 334 million. 60 million additional recipients.....
I assume you work for DOGE and aren't regurgitating propaganda from the MSM?
Wait.
So they had a suspicion, checked it out, found the suspicion unfounded, and... moved on to other things?
THOSE BASTARDS.
“former officials,” “…according to the two people…” and “the people” are not valid sources. DOGE has not said there aren’t billions of dollars being swindled from the American people. 
By the way Democrats are reacting, we can be certain there was a lot of fraud and charges are pending.
It won’t stop Jim from making jokes about 300-year-old people getting SS benefits.
Pretending that 65 yr olds can't use a computer or smart phone is just as dumb as saying black people can't. What's wrong with you people?
Low-income Americans who voted for Trump say they are counting on him to keep their benefits intact even while his Cabinet picks and Republican lawmakers call on him to reduce federal spending.
Who on the DOGE team said it was going to dead people? All Elon said was that there are very old people still marked as alive, that's it.
"WE'RE SENDING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CHECKS TO DEAD PEOPLE!!!"
"that's simply untrue, as we'd've told you in a short email if you'd just asked us before screaming you'd found massive fraud"
"huh. WE CAN GET MASSIVE EFFICIENCY SAVINGS BY FORCING THE ELDERLY TO USE COMPUTERS!!"
Just like the “twitter file‘ brouhaha. They get high on their own farts, rip it all apart to prove their conspiracies & find nothing. I’m not sure how long Maga is going to fall for this bullshit. I’m guessing they‘ll come close to losing their social security before they wake up
As is often the case, the cruelty is the point. I would say that cruelty is always the point, except that frequently grifting is the point.
The value of phone service could easily be determined by dividing the daily average number of phone calls by the number of SS employees available to answer the calls. Since DOGE hasn't provided the numbers, I assume DOGE just wants to screw over Social Security.
They’re closing field offices too. They make it harder and harder just like they do with voting. That is their strategy.
How long will they go along doing this?
They’ve failed to find a source of fraud large enough to help the debt situation with it’s elimination and their proposed cuts don’t seem to save tons of money either while, at the same time, they seem to rip out more muscle than fat.
This is the problem with Elon is he runs his mouth recklessly before he knows the FACTS. It's mind blowing that a supposed genius is this incompetent.
Lots of people turn to lying and fraud when cornered. DOGE got there in a hurry.
4D chess right here. You say there’s not billions of dollars in fraud from social security, but just wait and see what foreign call center scammers can do
Do you have a link for this or source from where it came, in case some of us would be interested in reading the whole write up?
I’m 80, can no longer drive, was on hold for over 2 hours when it dawned on me that nobody would pick up. That’s what to expect.
From what I've heard they are replacing it with AI service and privatizing.
Why would the federal government be running an antiquated technology system?
Seems like that's bound to waste time and money and require higher levels of staffing.
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In the Bronx, it's just like going to the DMV. You get a number and then sit and wait for an agent to call your number. (YMMV!)
Why don't they just say they want everything done by carrier pigeon, an be done with it. Bird flu will wipe out the pigeons, then nobody will be able to make a claim.
Yet Elon thinks Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme" and the people who draw from it are "parasites."
Fuck him and his DOGE clown show. Musk is the MAIN parasite sponging off us with his government contracts.
Maga Cult maggot Morons believe every Lie dodge is Spewing ! So many lies they had to take down almost every bullshit cuts they claimed they saved ! GTFOH
Oh wow so it was exactly what people who understood the situation said was happening. Good thing pundits, influences, and presidents didn't parade that misinformation around for weeks.
Hey if twitter can get by with 20% of the staff, then that means the government can too. Obvious direct correlation. Also you get what you pay for and Elon is working for free they say, so there's your problem.
The oldest problem of humanity
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Ever since humans have lived in groups, they have collaborated and shared responsibilities. But how can everyone be fairly paid for their work?
In the family, everyone usually contributes without compensation, expecting
But Elon said there were. CREATE SOME EVIDENCE, ELON CANNOT BE WRONG HE IS A ROCKET LANDING GENIUS
Cause old people on social security don't prefer to do things over the phone, right?
Instead of millions of dead people receiving Social Security, there will be millions of dead people applying for their Social Security.
“According to the two people”
“They said”
Brilliant piece of journalism there.
Not a single dollar cut from social security will reduce the deficit because it isn’t part of the deficit
Joe Biden said the quiet part out loud: they want to lock Trump up and throw away the key.
Social Security should have a 21st century system in place where this is obvious. Pretending that everything is fine is just gaslighting.
This is a lie, there are thousands if not millions of people still receiving payments for family members that died.
They’re going to live people using “dead “ people’s numbers. Do you support this?
If you don’t believe that, there is incredible fraud in every branch of the government then you are a fool.
These fucking losers found no fraud, so they decided to still break things and then throw up their hands and say “see we told you it doesn’t work!”
Imagine being 85 years old, trying to file for Social Security, and the government tells you to "use the app."
You provide no source for the document presented and the doc provides no attribution of the statements. So your post is worthless at best, propaganda at worst.
Nope.Yourpost is false.DOGE will reveal all the facts, you know none apparently
Great idea. Because senior citizens are so comfortable with email and the internet. These kids are morons.
But Elon immediately amplified the lie and now it's everywhere, being used to justify cuts
Oh, they knew all along that there wasn't a lot of waste or fraud in the beloved Social Security program.
They just now figured out that their lies and trickery couldn't drive a wedge between stakeholders and the benefits people have paid into their whole lives.
These dudes obviously don't know or have worked with old people. They are not downloading apps, navigating to a web page, or sending in PDF forms. Anyone who has tried to get mom/grandma on a Zoom call can attest
“We took this very seriously and we set up this entire interview on that phone. That phone cannot be tracked… Privacy and security is always a concern these days…” –Shawn Ryan in his interview with Commander Ahmad Massoud.
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what makes you think they weren't planning to do that anyway? You should assume that he plans to remove every single thing the government provide provides
He has a criminal deferment that literally requires somebody to be picked up and placed in prison
How do you know what they found out about money going to dead people?
Are you working for DOGE, or regurgitating Dem political talking points?