It’s one thing for Musk to peddle bogus claims about imagined Social Security “fraud.” It’s something else when he targets the system itself.

The world's richest man argued that the retirement and disability benefit system poses a significant financial risk to America's future.

Elon Musk has once again sparked national debate, this time by criticizing Social Security as "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time" during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experienc

As Elon Musk continues to slash the budgets of government agencies at the behest of President Donald Trump, Social Security appears to be in the billionaire’s crosshairs. During an appearance on comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast last week, Musk criticized Social Security benefits, which are received by an estimated 72.5 million Americans.

DOGE officials also put millions of taxpayers’ private data at risk and refused to say why they needed access to it, the official says.

A former insider at the Social Security Administration has gone on the record to describe a "hostile takeover" by Elon Musk and his minions at the Department of Government Efficiency. As reported by the Washington Post,

Social Security is designed to support Americans in their golden years, but according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the program’s database includes more than just the living. Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — an initiative aimed at cutting wasteful spending and unnecessary regulations — recently shared astonishing statistics about the age distribution in the Social Security system.