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by clipsy 459 days ago
> I acknowledge this policy may harm some people, but so does $100M of fraud, which is only getting worse every year.

In other words: who cares if hundreds or thousands of people lose the entitlement they spent their entire lives paying into? It's much more important to eliminate fraudulent payouts that account for 0.006%[0] of social security's annual payouts!

And when Trump pisses 1,000x as much away on tax cuts for the wealthy you won't say a word.

[0]: https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/basicfact-alt.pdf

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Trump and his cabinet spend nearly that much on prescription drugs. This has nothing to do with eliminating fraud.
Trump's golf games during his first administration cost the US $150 million.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

The estimate for his golf playing just for 2025 is already $18 million.