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ShazzieB

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20. Claiming people cheat also serves their other goals.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #15)

Mon Jun 16, 2025, 02:22 PM

Jun 16

Don't forget, Eloon wanted to shut down customer service via phone at the SSA altogether, to supposedly save money. A false claim that most of the calls are fraudulent would have provided a handy justification, IF he could have gotten it to stick.

I think that the phone call claim was also part of trying to convince Americans that the entire SSA and other federal agencies were riddled with fraud, to justify all the firings, etc. Eloon evidently thought he could just send his doge puppies into the SSA and other federal agencies, claim fraud (without providing any verifiable evidence), and be instantly hailed as a hero! And he still doesn't understand why his "brilliant" plans backfired on him!

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Claiming people cheat also serves their other goals. ShazzieB Jun 16 #20

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