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Elon Musk’s chart doesn’t prove millions of centenarians fraudulently get Social Security benefits
Ronald Gunia, a retired longtime director in the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General who worked on the 2015 and 2023 reports, said that incomplete data can increase chances for ...
Factchecking Elon Musk’s Claim That Millions of Dead People Receive Social Security Checks
It is true that improper payments have been made—including some to dead people—but the claims thrown out by Elon Musk and ...
How a mid-level staffer rose to oversee the Social Security Administration within days
Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on ...
Trump, Musk Exaggerate Scale of Improper Social Security Payments to the Dead
President Donald Trump incorrectly interpreted data shared by Elon Musk when he falsely claimed on Feb. 18 that “millions and ...
Elon Musk shines spotlight on ‘a lot of vampires collecting Social Security’: ‘Twilight is real’
In a post on X, Musk shared a screenshot of a data sheet showing people from age 0 to 369 years old collecting Social ...
Elon Musk Responds to Social Security Concerns
Musk first made the claims that benefits are being claimed by people who appear to have died long ago while speaking from the Oval Office with President Trump last week. He said that DOGE has ...
Trump and Musk set their sights on Social Security by spreading rumors
Before President Donald Trump started mass layoffs of federal workers, he demonized them, arguing, despite evidence to the ...