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... While it's true that there are only 90,000 people over 100 living in the U.S., that doesn't mean millions of dead beneficiaries are receiving Social Security checks.

Records with incomplete death info are a well-known, long-standing challenge for the Social Security Administration, but a 2023 agency inspector general report found "almost none" of the 18.9 million people listed as 100 or older were receiving benefits.

"What Musk has tweeted is not primarily an example of fraud but more like the messy databases kept by Social Security," said Alex Nowrasteh, the vice president for economic and social policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.

Nowrasteh said when someone turns 100, the government manually checks to make sure they are still alive and not receiving extra benefits. He pointed out that Social Security fraud is a "very small issue" compared to the program's other challenges.

Martin O'Malley, the former Social Security commissioner under Joe Biden, laughed when asked about Musk's fraud claims Monday.

"He doesn't know what he's talking about," O'Malley told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo. ...

@#2 ... DON'T THEY CARE ABOUT OUR MONEY! ...

That has been obvious to me for years.

The GOP only seems to care about their money.

@#4 ... Dead people can't cash checks. ...

fwiw, Social Security also does transfers of the "check" directly to your bank account.

So there may not be an actual paper check involved.

@#6 ... I guess we will all find out eventually if he's correct or not. ...

He's already admitted he has been wrong.

@#7 ... Actually Monson it would be easier than you think ...

Is it?

Please provide any evidence to support your current alias' assertions.

@#11 ... Lamp, due to there being psycho's on this site I don't divulge any personal information ... ...

Why should I believe that your current alias has access to the personal info of posters on this site?

Yer up.

Pink Floyd, before Dark Side of the Moon ...