Summary
Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Donald Trump’s repeated claim that millions of dead people are receiving Social Security, calling it “a total, absolute lie” during a CNN town hall.
Trump has joked about elderly recipients being over 160 years old, despite his own Social Security commissioner confirming such records don’t reflect actual payments.
The SSA says over 99% of benefits go to eligible recipients.
Critics, including Sanders, argue Trump and allies like JD Vance and Elon Musk are using baseless fraud claims to justify future cuts to Social Security.
I thought that was already cleared up. That this was due to a misinterpreted quirk in the COBOL programing language? And as a result, Musk wants to rewrite the whole thing “in a few months”?
And it says a lot about the US of 2025 that his really isn’t the braindeadest thing we’ve witnessed.
It was cleared up to people who care about factual information. Unfortunately those people increasingly not only aren’t in charge, but aren’t even being allowed into the building.
Let’s see, you have been doing this job for almost thirty years and understand all the facts and ins and outs of the system = Fired or not allowed to do your job anymore.
You have no clue about Social Security, its operation, its software systems, or its mission and you were just hired a couple of months ago = Promoted.
You must not have the same Facebook friends that I have. They have an important video you should watch where Elon explains what he’s doing with doge and you will absolutely be as convinced as they were.
Not sure if you’re joking.
I’m definitely joking. But that’s how my Facebook friends (ex Facebook frieends) would phrase it. If I weren’t joking I should include the video in be comment.