Expert turns tables on Dem critics after
Musk accuses Social Security of being
'Ponzi scheme'
Posted By: Harlowe, 3/23/2025 7:05:22 PM
Democrats have pushed back after Elon Musk claimed that social security operates like a "Ponzi scheme" as he continues to argue for cuts to the federal bureaucracy, but one expert tells Fox News Digital that Musk is on track with his criticism of the agency. "Musk’s statement about Social Security being the world's biggest Ponzi scheme does have validity," James Agresti, president of the nonprofit research institute Just Facts,... [Snip] "What it does is, it transfers money when we are young and working and paying into Social Security taxes,"... "That money, the vast bulk of it, goes immediately out the door to people who are currently receiving benefits.
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Expert turns tables on Dem critics after
Musk accuses Social Security of being
'Ponzi scheme' 15 replies
Musk accuses Social Security of being
'Ponzi scheme' 15 replies
Democrats have pushed back after Elon Musk claimed that social security operates like a "Ponzi scheme" as he continues to argue for cuts to the federal bureaucracy, but one expert tells Fox News Digital that Musk is on track with his criticism of the agency.
"Musk’s statement about Social Security being the world's biggest Ponzi scheme does have validity," James Agresti, president of the nonprofit research institute Just Facts,... [Snip] "What it does is, it transfers money when we are young and working and paying into Social Security taxes,"... "That money, the vast bulk of it, goes immediately out the door to people who are currently receiving benefits.
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text on Signal 15 replies
question about cabinet 'war plans' group
text on Signal 15 replies
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After 90 years of operation, the trust fund “currently has enough money to fund two years of program operations.” The fund’s interest payments have been higher than the rate of inflation. “...the Obama administration sent out (stimulus) checks via Social Security numbers to 80,000 people who were dead, and about 70,000 of them, the Social Security Administration knew they were dead.” Democrats claiming Mr. Musk is attempting to “strip away benefits” is not true; severing employment/salaries of SSA administrative overhead workers “actually strengthens the program financially.” ~ “In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.” (Tony Snow)