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by m463 455 days ago
It seems like it is fraud perpetrated against specific people who have their social security deposits redirected, instead of payments to fake people.
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Don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to say we shouldn’t attempt to mitigate fraud. I’m saying that when presented with a problem it is important to apply a cost benefit analysis to the solution. This problem is relatively small. The proposed solution is very heavy handed. That makes me question the rationality of the solution.