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Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud

Musk criticized foreign aid programs and aimed to cut funding to the US African Development Foundation and the Inter-American Foundation, which focus on community development and reducing migration to the U.S.
A judge temporarily barred the removal of the US African Development Foundation's CEO, as internal conflicts over control and funding continue to escalate.

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Albert Lea Tribune

Letter: Finstad ignoring constituents - Albert Lea Tribune

Congressman Brad Finstad remains on the DOGE caucus in full support of Elon Musk’s illegal dismantling of important services. The firing of Social Security Administration employees further shows that this unelected billionaire and his team of rich kid sycophants don’t care about the 72 million Americans who depend on Social Security payments, funds which they have already paid for throughout a lifetime of working. You might be one of those Ameri…

6 hours ago

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The American Spectator

Entitlement Fraud Is Now a Stated Aim of the Democrat Party - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

In yesterday’s column discussing the escalating Alinskyite war by the American Left against Elon Musk, I referenced an interview the industrialist, tech tycoon, and scourer of America’s broken federal fisc gave with Larry Kudlow at Fox Business on Monday. That interview is worth watching in full if you haven’t seen it… It’s important to recognize that Musk’s discussion of DOGE’s efforts at stripping out all of the obvious waste are closely relat…

6 hours ago·Alexandria, United States

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ITEP

New York Times: Musk Suggests His Team Will Scrutinize Social Security and Entitlement Spending

Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual, suggested on Monday that his government cost-cutting team would scrutinize Social Security and other entitlement spending, describing the expenditures as rife with fraudulent transactions and repeating a conspiracy theory that Democrats were using the programs as a “gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants and have them stay in the country.”

8 hours ago

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Democracy Now!

Elon Musk Says DOGE Is Coming for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and More

Elon Musk has proposed slashing up to $700 billion from Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and programs for the poor, including unemployment insurance and food stamps. Musk proposed the sweeping cuts during an interview with Fox Business Network on Monday. Elon Musk: “Most of the federal spending is entitlements. So, that’s like the big one to eliminate. You know, that’s the sort of half-trillion, maybe six, seven hundred billion a year.” Musk …

10 hours ago·New York, United States

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Comic Sands

Musk Says The Quiet Part Out Loud Explaining 'The Big One' He Wants To Cut From Government Spending

During his 2024 presidential campaign, Republican President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee repeatedly claimed no cuts would be made to Social Security or Medicare.The RNC's platform stated:"President Trump has made absolutely clear that he will not cut one penny from Medicare or Social Security. American Citizens work hard their whole lives, contributing to Social Security and Medicare. These programs are promises to our Seni…

11 hours ago

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Truthout

Elon Musk Suggests Making Hundreds of Billions in Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare

During a Fox Business Network interview on Monday, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and supposed head of the Trump administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), suggested that so-called federal “entitlement” programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid could be the next to face substantial funding cuts under his watch. Musk suggested that somewhere between $500… Source

14 hours ago·Sacramento, United States

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