DOGE has identified a potential $100 million in direct deposit social security fraud. It represents about 0.00625% of the $1.6 trillion the government sends out each year in Social Security benefits.
Is $100 million a lot of money? Yes.
Is it material enough to upend the entire program?
Hell No.
Is $100 million a lot of money? Yes.
Is it material enough to upend the entire program?
Hell No.
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Surely, if identified, the perpetrator would have been brought to the center of town, lashed to a pole, and derided publicly for all to see…
… then sent to El Salvador for retention prior to the charges being dropped.