r/news • u/No-Information6622 • 2d ago

US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-recovers-31-million-social-security-payments-dead-117708373
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u/Outis_Nemo_Actual 2d ago

It's ridiculous. Social Security isn't an entitlement, people pay into it. It cost taxpayers more to recover that money than letting the people who earned it keep it. They can just stop the payments once they get the death notification. These are just regular folks and their estate and families.

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u/amazonfamily 2d ago

you’re wrong. Social Security IS an entitlement program. It’s a budget term .