How much Fraud, Waste and Abuse is there in the Social Security Administration (Part two)

This is the second in a series on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Social Security Administration.

Some might consider it necessary to understand what FRAUD WASTE ABUSE is before blindly following the Musk Mandate to eliminate it. ( Source credit to Reuters):

Fraud describes a dishonest and deliberate course of action that results in obtaining financial benefits to which they’re not entitled. Examples are:

• Applying for and receiving benefits or payments—such as welfare, veterans’ benefits, Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare–based on intentional misrepresentation of facts. That is, lying.
• Charging for goods and services that weren’t provided. This is a particular problem, of course, when agencies are working with outside vendors. Medicare fraud is overwhelmingly committed by medical services providers, not policyholders

Waste refers to careless spending or improper use of government money, and it can include incurring unnecessary expenses or mismanaging resources or property. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identifies these three potential causes of waste: 

• Mismanagement of assets. This is often caused by not keeping track of purchases.
• Ignoring agency policies and statutes. An example of this kind of waste is when an agency executive selects vendors without following proper bidding or purchasing protocols.
• Lack of adequate oversight. Waste also can occur when an agency doesn’t establish clear guidelines or performance measurements of the programs it manages.

Abuse is the intentional, wrongful, or improper use or destruction of government resources or seriously improper practice. Examples include: 

• Excessive or improper use of an employee’s or official’s position in a manner other than its rightful or legal use.
• Engaging in unnecessary or overpriced travel.
• Making purchases that are unnecessary and/or expensive.

Notable is the fact that almost all of these examples just do not apply to disabled persons or those seeking disability. In fact, only one – actually lying on your application – is chargeable to applicants for Social Security Benefits. So why do disabled people get the blame for FRAUD WASTE ABUSE? Why do disabled people REPEATEDLY get scapegoated by billionaires and their politicians?