There are huge amounts of people in this country who have worked the system and figured out how to collect Social Security disability.
It’s a huge issue in my opinion.
I’m speaking of people who in most ways are in no way disabled. In contrast to the few who truly are.
Back a few years ago when I was working on a project in California, an AG office audit showed that 60% of all welfare payments in LA County were fraudulent.
LA County’s budget is around 21 Billion dollars a year.
Around 80% of LA County’s budget goes Social Welfare transfer payments while the remaining 20% pay for things like schools, government buildings, roads and all the expenses.
That means around 16 Billion of the 21 Billion dollar LA County budget is allocated to social welfare transfer payment spending of one form or another.
Of that 16 Billion spent, 60% is fraudulent. This gives about 10 Billion taxpayer dollars wasted on welfare fraud in LA County alone.