Great article by Michele Norris. A couple of things: the number is not $120 billion a year in benefits, it's $120+ billion per month! Also, comments by Commerce sec'y suggesting stopping payments to find fraud would very quickly topple our economy!

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-promise-preserve-social-security-may-not-survive-doge-rcna197794?cid=eml_mda_20250325&user_email=4d33558759284431b565475ea2a56f903e161bbc029a1d9507fed89c90975bba

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