In 2009, senior officials at the Social Security Administration were made aware of grossly underpaying widows who were entitled to much larger benefits.
They did nothing.
So, the "whistleblower", for lack of a better term, contacted the one person with a large enough megaphone and deep understanding of Social Security to tell him about this absolute disgrace, Larry Kotlikoff.
In 2015, Larry wrote a scorching article for PBS about this issue.
The Social Security Administration did nothing.
