Zincwarrior
Diamond Member
Its a bad look for a hyperbillionaire to be talking about Social Security cuts.
www.nbcnews.com
Elon Musk and the Trump administration are pitching cuts in one of the most politically dangerous arenas in America ā the Social Security Administration.
Musk has cast the idea as one thatās primarily about immigration, falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants are fraudulently accessing hundreds of billions of dollarsā worth of entitlements, including Social Security, Medicaid and disability programs, as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.
āBy using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants,ā Musk, the billionaire tech CEO behind the Department of Government Efficiency, said Monday on Sen. Ted Cruzās podcast, without evidence. āAnd buy voters. Basically bring in 10, 20 million people who are beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote overwhelmingly Democrat, as has been demonstrated in California.ā
Musk told Cruz, R-Texas, that his efforts to end the alleged fraud are why people on the left āhate my guts and want me to die.ā He said the fraud has cost the government $100 billion to $200 billion.
Itās an argument Musk has been making repeatedly in recent weeks, as DOGE and the Trump administration announce and push for more cuts to the SSA, including eliminating thousands of employees from the already lean agency, ending the ability to make claims by phone and shuttering dozens of field offices that help seniors access their benefits.
The Trump administration has said repeatedly it isnāt cutting benefits ā just fraud. And while itās well known that fraud exists in programs such as Social Security and disability programs, experts say Americans and overseas crime rings are typically perpetrating fraud on entitlements. Asked for comment on Muskās remarks and proof that immigrants living in the United States without legal status were to blame for the fraud, the White House didnāt offer any.

Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts
Elon Musk has falsely claimed that undocumented immigrants are siphoning away billions of dollars' worth of entitlements as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.

Musk has cast the idea as one thatās primarily about immigration, falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants are fraudulently accessing hundreds of billions of dollarsā worth of entitlements, including Social Security, Medicaid and disability programs, as part of a Democratic scheme for votes.
āBy using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants,ā Musk, the billionaire tech CEO behind the Department of Government Efficiency, said Monday on Sen. Ted Cruzās podcast, without evidence. āAnd buy voters. Basically bring in 10, 20 million people who are beholden to the Democrats for government handouts and will vote overwhelmingly Democrat, as has been demonstrated in California.ā
Musk told Cruz, R-Texas, that his efforts to end the alleged fraud are why people on the left āhate my guts and want me to die.ā He said the fraud has cost the government $100 billion to $200 billion.
Itās an argument Musk has been making repeatedly in recent weeks, as DOGE and the Trump administration announce and push for more cuts to the SSA, including eliminating thousands of employees from the already lean agency, ending the ability to make claims by phone and shuttering dozens of field offices that help seniors access their benefits.
The Trump administration has said repeatedly it isnāt cutting benefits ā just fraud. And while itās well known that fraud exists in programs such as Social Security and disability programs, experts say Americans and overseas crime rings are typically perpetrating fraud on entitlements. Asked for comment on Muskās remarks and proof that immigrants living in the United States without legal status were to blame for the fraud, the White House didnāt offer any.