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I would also keep in mind that the 180k number is almost certainly inaccurate, if we go by this administration’s behavior during the DOGE efforts of manufacturi
by Esophagus4 1y ago
I would also keep in mind that the 180k number is almost certainly inaccurate, if we go by this administration’s behavior during the DOGE efforts of manufacturing false claims of “fraud” out of benign circumstances as an excuse to tear down the social safety net systems.[1]
> Bobba [DOGE engineer] had sorted people with a Social Security number by age and found more than 12 million over 120 years old still listed in the agency’s data. Bobba said he knew these people weren’t actually receiving benefits and tried to tell Musk so, to no avail, according to SSA officials. Dudek [SSA employee] watched in horror as Trump then shared the same statistics with both houses of Congress and a national television audience, claiming the numbers proved “shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the Social Security program for our seniors.”
[1]https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-securi...
- jmye 1y ago> I would also keep in mind that the 180k number is almost certainly inaccurate Right? Why is anyone taking this as a good faith number, let alone a fact, given who said it and where it was said? It’s quite clearly made up nonsense.
- drivingmenuts 1y ago> It’s quite clearly made up nonsense. If it suits a certain narrative and suspicion, then anecdata is perfectly acceptable and even preferred by some people.