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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Niloy Chakrabarti

'Vampires on Benefits': Elon Musk Claims Millions on US Social Security Are Over 100

Musk' DOGE vows to look into potential fraud in the Social Security Administration. (Credit: AFP News)

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been claiming that there is massive fraud involved in federal entitlements, including Social Security and Medicare programmes.

Yesterday, Musk shared data in an X post, suggesting that over 20 million people aged between 100 and 159 are still eligible for social security payments. "According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the death field set to FALSE! Maybe Twilight is real, and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security," the billionaire wrote.

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