Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Most of the money you pay in taxes is totally wasted by the government, or stolen through fraud.
Yes! A non-partisan issue! Reported on today, in fact...
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The Inspector General at the Office of Personnel Management discovered $601 million dollars that were paid to federal retirees in 2011, even though the retirees actually had died during one of the prior five years.
“Every day, we have hard choices to make on how to spend limited taxpayer dollars. Not spending them on Social Security payments for people who have passed away is an easy choice,” said Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI).
More recently, a government hearing last month exposed that
6.5 million individuals with active social security numbers are older than 112-years-old.
A “60 Minutes investigation” uncovered identity theft due to the erroneous federal record keeping.
Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) said, “It’s unacceptable that the federal government spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year in improper payments to deceased people.”
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How To Cut Federal Spending? Lawmakers Say Stop Paying Dead People