>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/09/17/auditors-social-security-may-have-overpaid-disability-claims-by-1-3-billion/
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>This is a 2-party issue

Yes, it is. Tax cheating has a long history and it is not local to the U.S.

Personally I have never cheated on my taxes. The potential downside has always seemed a lot steeper than saving some bucks. I also consider it a price of living in the society we live in. Lots of people like to holler about big government but remove specific programs and they start squealing like pigs stuck under a gate. Case A: the elderly. They have received way more than they ever put in. But for a politician to talk about cutting Medicare or Social Security is to step on the third rail. They tend to vote and they've got time on their hands.