Commerce secretary: No one but ‘fraudsters’ would complain about missed Social Security check

[Timber Rattler]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5208187-commerce-secretary-social-security-fraud/

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised alarm over “fraudsters” receiving Social Security benefits, as Trump allies have ramped up rhetoric about potential waste in the program amid a major restructuring effort at the agency that oversees the program.

During an appearance on the “All-In” podcast that was released on Thursday, Lutnick said the government doesn’t “have to take one penny from someone who deserves Social Security, not one penny for someone who deserves Medicaid, Medicare.”

“What we have to do is stop sending money to someone who’s not hurt, who’s on disability for 50 years,” he claimed. “It’s ridiculous, and they have another job.”

At one point in the wide-ranging, nearly two-hour conversation, Lutnick also said that if Social Security “didn’t send out their checks this month,” his “mother-in-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain.”

“She’d think something got messed up, and she’ll get it next month. A fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming, yelling and complaining,” the billionaire businessman said.

“Anybody who’s been in the payment system and the processes, who knows the easiest way to find the fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing,” he said. “Because my mother-in-law’s not calling, come on, your mother, 80-year-olds, 90-year-olds, they trust the government.”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182ckTL2KBA&t=23s


Try it and see what happens, Howard.

 

[Kamaji]

Idiot.

[Smokin Joe]

There are people who live month to month on Social Security. They, or those minding their limited funds for them will complain. That does not mean they are committing fraud, just that they rely heavily on those payments for maintaining tight budgets.

[Kamaji]

There are people who live month to month on Social Security. They, or those minding their limited funds for them will complain. That does not mean they are committing fraud, just that they rely heavily on those payments for maintaining tight budgets.

Yup

[MeganC]

There are people who live month to month on Social Security. They, or those minding their limited funds for them will complain. That does not mean they are committing fraud, just that they rely heavily on those payments for maintaining tight budgets.

I'm glad someone's standing up for our 120+ year old seniors!

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm glad someone's standing up for our 120+ year old seniors!

 

I do not have any problem with removing the dead from the social security rolls, nor the voter rolls, for that matter. But if you consider that at 120 you would have spent more of your life retired than you likely spent working, your savings might be running a little thin.

Seriously, eliminate fraud, but try not to hurt the folks who are legitimate recipients in the process.

[bilo]

I do not have any problem with removing the dead from the social security rolls, nor the voter rolls, for that matter. But if you consider that at 120 you would have spent more of your life retired than you likely spent working, your savings might be running a little thin.

Seriously, eliminate fraud, but try not to hurt the folks who are legitimate recipients in the process.

 

The challenge will be to verify recipients. Going into the closest office with 3 pieces of identification is probably going to need to be done.