Why are republicans targeting SSDI benefits and not SS benefits too?

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48. If you know someone "fraudulently getting a disability"

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then you should report them.

Your "everyone" doesn't include me. I know lots of people with disabilities, and contrary to right wing BS they aren't crooks or parasites.

For every case of fraud there might be, I'd be willing to bet there are a hundred people who SHOULD be in the system but have been denied. Some people actually die of their disability before they get benefits, while trying to prove they even have one.

Edited to add: you say "five percent" but according to the GAO the actual figure is less than half of one percent. In other words, 20 times less than what you estimated. And even that small number is inflated, since the reporting requirements for SSDI are so stringent. If you make ANY money--say, babysitting your neighbor's kid for two hours a month--and don't report it, that's considered "fraud."

This whole narrative about SSDI and SSI being rife with fraud is just another right wing lie. And it's sad to see so many people have bought into it.