There is no reason to presume that the $521 Billion in fraud losses reported by the GAO is all the fraud losses there might be within government spending.
There is no reason to presume the $72 Billion in improper payments by the SSA in recent years identified by the OIG are all the improper payments that were made.
We do not know if that is the case because we cannot know if that is the case. We cannot know because what we have is already conclusive proof that there are multiple serious failures of internal controls within multiple agencies within the US government.
What we do know is that the problems DOGE is revealing have been around literally for decades.
Links And Sources
Elon Musk Tweet With Social Security Data: https://archive.ph/Egztj
Tom Fitton Tweet Responding To Elon Musk: https://archive.ph/bjejW
OIG Audit Report “Numberholders Age 100 or Older Who Did Not Have Death Information on the Numident“ : https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/a-06-21-51022.pdf
OIG Informational Report “Preventing, Detecting, and Recovering Improper Payments“: https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/072401.pdf
OIG Audit Summary “Summary of the Audit of the Social Security Administration’s Information Security Program and Practices for Fiscal Year 2023“: https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/142306.pdf
Elon Musk Tweet With Treasury Fraud Allegation: https://archive.ph/eDwgJ
“Elon Musk alleges $50B in fraud at Treasury after judge blocks DOGE audit”: https://archive.ph/pnouE
GAO Report “PAYMENT INTEGRITY Significant Improvements Are Needed to Address Improper Payments and Fraud“: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-24-107660.pdf
“Trump’s Department Of Government Efficiency Is Poised To Cut Waste”: https://archive.ph/yL1R1
GAO Report “FRAUD RISK MANAGEMENT 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud, Based on Various Risk Environments“ : https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-24-105833.pdf
Executive Order 12369—President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in the Federal Government: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-12369-presidents-private-sector-survey-cost-control-the-federal-government
White House Archives “Reinventing Government”: https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/EOP/OVP/initiatives/reinventing_government.html
White House Archives “FACT SHEET: Improving and Simplifying Digital Services“: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/11/fact-sheet-improving-and-simplifying-digital-services
“Why Did Van Halen Demand Concert Venues Remove Brown M&M’s From the Menu?“: https://archive.ph/bk3cP
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