He claims that the number of people receiving social security payments exceeds the number of American citizens.
RT reports: Earlier this month, Musk claimed that a cursory review of Social Security recore claimds by his department had found out that the safety net program is paying benefits to 150-year-olds. The businessman noted that many entries listed for Social Security recipients had no identifying information.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, the US-based billionaire noted that “there are far more ‘eligible’ social security numbers than there are citizens in the USA.” Musk also shared a post by an X user suggesting that social security payment is currently received by 394,943,364 people and claiming that total population of the US amounts to 334 million.
“This might be the biggest fraud in history,” Musk concluded.
If this story is even 1/10 true it is a massive fraud, and would be contributing mightily to SS's pending insolvency. One of the reasons I point this out is because this report can be found on any number of news outlets where most adhere to their anti-Trump obsessiveness and focus on their claim Musk offers no proof of his accusations.
"These are the times that try men’s souls." Thomas Paine
Dogegov.com is a mixed bag. Some pages list a not government web sites; others listed as government web sites [Savings, Workforce, Regulations, About]. All kinds of interesting information an graphs related to government spending, waste, fraud.
The following page lists savings. It currently still under construction. If you click on the amount saved, a popup will give more information.
"DOGE's total estimated savings are $55 billion, which is a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellations, contract/lease renegotiations, asset sales, grant cancellations, workforce reductions, programmatic changes, and regulatory savings."
The Doge clock is based upon data on the Saving page
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."- Fredric Bastiat
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell
In March 1783, George Washington gave an address, "If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
I looks like some of the law suits against Musk are based upon misunderstanding [willful or not] of his authority.
There are links to explanation of Musk's role from the Trump Administration
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."- Fredric Bastiat
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell
In March 1783, George Washington gave an address, "If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
I thought I was cynical. The fraud and waste being uncovered is mind boggling.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."- Fredric Bastiat
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.- Orwell
In March 1783, George Washington gave an address, "If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
The reaction to DOGE claims of fraud, misuse, etc., are a wonder to behold. Most center around accusations of lack of proof which I find somewhat amusing since if Musk and Trump were found to be faking it that would completely destroy their credibility. Other objections are that Musk & Co. lack the proper authority to obtain certain data (I assume Trump has dealt with that), and similar questions about Musk and his team.
It strikes me the critics, with the exception of the reflexively anti-Trump gang, are deeply concerned about other matters, such as just what did happen to the unaccounted for and missing money.
"These are the times that try men’s souls." Thomas Paine