DataRepublican (small r) makes an interesting point about the Social Security list(s) in a reply to Musk reporting a cleanup of ~3.2 million 120+ olds:
"The cleanup of the Social Security database is about something much more important. It is about establishing a ground truth."
"There is a reason that DC is panicking about establishing a truly accurate Social Security database, and it is because much of federal government revolves around having no true ground truth. [And if we knew we'd revolt]"
She links to an article about how up to 75% of illegal aliens are using stolen SSNs. Treasury is happy, they get more money. HHS etc. is happy, they get more power. And this false income reporting also causes problems for many citizen Americans.
"If we pulled together all those fragmented datasets, and constructed a truly accurate Social Security database - one SSN per person - not only would the federal government be greatly reduced in power, ___we would also be able to document exactly who and where all the illegal aliens are.___"
Emphasis added. She closes noting "... that's the real reason why politicians are in such a panic about cleaning up this data."
https://nitter.poast.org/DataRepublican/status/1901999752549421288
Sinistra delenda est.
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