You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Home Front: Politix
Top federal agency [SSA] with history of wasteful spending could be next DOGE target
2025-02-08
[FoxNews] Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk’s efforts to clean up waste and fraud in the federal government will soon shift its focus to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in a move likely to create a firestorm with Democrats.
Why? It has long been reported that the SSA is terrible about fraudulent payments, fraudulent identities for illegal aliens, and otherwise poor controls.
The SSA, created by the Social Security Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and tasked with establishing a federal benefits system for older Americans, will soon become a focus of DOGE, according to a report from Semafor that was not denied by the White House when contacted by Fox News Digital.

While several Democrats — including Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in a post on X — have been quick to accuse this move as being aimed at slashing Social Security benefits for the elderly, several areas with potential waste exist in the agency that don’t involve cutting current benefits.

Just Facts, a nonprofit research institute, previously reported that the agency disbursed roughly $2 billion in fraudulent or improper payments in 2022, which it calculated was enough "to pay 89,947 retired workers the average annual old-age benefit of $21,924 for 2023."
Related:
Social Security Administration: 2025-01-16 Stay-at-Home Bureaucrats: Congressional probe exposes billions in waste from federal telework gigs
Social Security Administration: 2025-01-04 As Biden & Co. leave, they're doing their best to trash the country they claimed to serve
Social Security Administration: 2024-10-15 Furious seniors react to Social Security rise for 2025
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  While several Democrats — including Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., in a post on X — have been quick to accuse this move as being aimed at slashing Social Security benefits for the elderly....

I'm not sure I understand why society decided we should "evolve" to point where shitbirds like Goldman are allowed to just OUTRIGHT LIE to the faces of their constituents with ZERO fear that there may be consequences for such bullshit.
Posted by: Crusader   2025-02-08 17:58  

#5  Do the GSA (general services administration) next! I must have been in their San Francisco a hundred times when I was a bike messenger. It's filled with fat people doing nothing while sitting under Che Guevara posters. Cut it by 90% and spend the savings buying them all standing desks!
Posted by: Secret Master    2025-02-08 15:06  

#4  Is this where Bill Clinton's the income tax (spit), finally falls off? I certainly hope so.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-02-08 13:52  

#3  Like dead voters, dead SS recipients. How much is sent overseas to individuals and bank accounts? How do you know when they croak?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-02-08 13:31  

#2  You think this isn't the funnest game ever, Supe? You wouldn't be able to pry these guys away from their computers with all the Ubisoft cheat codes.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-02-08 11:09  

#1  I would have prioritized the IRS. Seems like there ought to be a limit to what that small team can do. Eventually, they will have to take a break and play some WOW or they will crack.
Posted by: Super Hose   2025-02-08 08:51  

00:01