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Mar 12, 2025
6:31:35pm

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AP News

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

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-b21b74f56f30012a6450a629e7232a1a

“Most of the federal spending is entitlements,” Musk told the Fox Business Network. “That’s the big one to eliminate.”

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Time

Elon Musk said something wild on Monday

TNT

Mar 12, 4:34pm

I fully believe Trump is trying to push us into recession to drive interest

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 4:35pm

Complete reckless spending for many many years

TNT

Mar 12, 4:38pm

there is no rhyme or reason

Deleted

Mar 12, 4:39pm

In order to refinance, you have to have someone that wants to take on the new

Cougforgood

Mar 12, 4:43pm

Wiping out $4 Trillion in Equities to Save a few hundred billion in interest

8-track

Mar 12, 4:44pm

Market cap equity and GDP growth are not the same thing

ABCoug

Mar 12, 10:07pm

RE: Wiping out $4 Trillion in Equities to Save a few hundred billion in interest

SurfnCoug

Mar 12, 10:09pm

Corp America cuts costs but not government? Yes growth needed but cost cutting

Coug Dude

Mar 12, 11:27pm

Yeah no. Trump is just as big of a spender as any Democrat

MaximusMeridius

Mar 12, 4:46pm

If he really cared about getting spending down, he would touch entitlements.

ForzaPuma

Mar 12, 5:09pm

Who says he won't?

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 5:15pm

Trump.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:24pm

Didn’t you learn anything from his first presidency?

OnEMoReTrY

Mar 12, 6:31pm

exactly.

conetah

Mar 13, 8:11am

No.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:23pm

I think it surpassed that last year.

CSoul

Mar 12, 4:35pm

It is a huge problem that politicians love to ignore.

ColdFusion1989

Mar 12, 4:46pm

Well of course. They prefer living hi on the hog to safeguarding the nation

TNT

Mar 12, 4:47pm

And Trump and GOP congress want to spend more

Coug

Mar 12, 4:37pm

Spend more or decrease revenues resulting in higher deficits?

MarylandFan

Mar 12, 4:51pm

It’s our second largest expense behind Social Security. We're headed for

Abe Froman

Mar 12, 4:40pm

We deserve all the pain we get.

MarylandFan

Mar 12, 4:51pm

Why is this suddenly news? Like no one knew we were in heaps of interest debt

Coug Dude

Mar 12, 11:38pm

Economic growth is the main way to pay down the debt.

Plantagenet

Mar 12, 5:25pm

One can ignore reality, but one cannot ignore the consequences of

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

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