Elon Musk's Chief's efforts to clean federal waste and fraud soon came to the Social Security Agency (SSA) in recent reactions and potentially creating fires with Democrats. The focus will shift the measures taken against the United States Organization for International Development (USAID).
Created by the Social Security Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and tasked with establishing a federal welfare system for older Americans, SSA quickly became the focus of Doge. Sho. When contacted by Fox News Digital.
Meanwhile, several Democrats, including Rep. Dan Goldman and DN.Y. I'll post it on x -The move is quickly accusing the company of its aim to reduce social security benefits for older people. There are areas with potential waste in agencies that do not involve current benefits reductions.
Just a fact, a non-profit research institute, Previously reported The agency paid about $2 billion in fraudulent or inappropriate payments in 2022, which calculated that “89,947 retired workers in 2023 would be sufficient to pay an average annual annual benefit of $21,924 in 2023.” What was calculated.
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Elon Musk's Doge efforts are set to focus on social security. (Getty Images)
The mere fact is that through a policy known as “administrative finality,” “If SSA mistakenly overpays beneficiaries for more than four years, it will not recover past overpayments and will not result in future overpayments except in cases of fraud. I'm continuing on purpose.”
The SSA sent disability benefits for approximately 7,000 federal employees in 2008, still paying wages from federal jobs. Reports for 2010 by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
GAO estimated that around 1,500 of these individuals “may have received inappropriate benefits” as wages exceeded the maximum income threshold. A GAO investigation found that over 71,000 “stimulus checks” were sent to the dead by the Obama administration.
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Musk's team moved to cut USAID's $40 billion spending budget. (Anna Money Maker/Getty Images)
“Social security cannot be mentioned, it will only be strengthened,” President Donald Trump said at a press conference Friday. “We have illegal social security immigrants and we're going to find out who they are and take them with us.”
“We're going to strengthen social security and stuff. We're not going to touch on anything other than to strengthen it. Most of them, or many of them, have been illegal immigrants so far,” Trump said. ”
Posted on Friday afternoon by White House Principal Communications Director Alex Pfeiffer x Reports The Center for Immigration Research in 2021 states, “We estimate there are 2.65 million illegal immigrants with Social Security numbers.”
Trump added that Doge will go “everything” when it comes to federal waste and fraud.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, an SSA spokesman said, “We are focused on the integrity of our program and take our responsibility seriously to stop fraud, waste and abuse.” Ta.
The Social Security Administration was created by the Social Security Act in 1935 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Kurt “Cyberguy” Knutsson)
Doge has moved to leave the majority of its employees as Musk's team cut USID's $40 billion spending budget and photographed the agency's Washington DC door sign, making it a move. It has dominated news headlines for the week. It's down It is distributed on social media.
Musk said both he and Trump “agree” that the agency “should close.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that he was appointed acting director for independent agencies.
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“It has to match the national interests of the US. They are taxpayer dollars, not global charities. People are asking simple questions. What are you doing with money?” Rubio continued. “We spend taxpayers' money. We guarantee taxpayers that it promotes our national interests.”
Democrats held a rally outside the Treasury earlier this week, exploding Doge's efforts as a threat to democracy.
“Elon Musk was a baby Nazi Nepo, a godless, lawless billionaire, and no one was elected,” said Sen. Ayanna Pressley, who pushed conservatives on social media at the rally. He said it caused the back.
“Elon, this is the American people. This isn't a cyber truck like your garbage, you can just dismantle, pull away and sell.”
Stephen Sorace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
