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Elon Musk: “40% of the calls into Social Security were fraudulent.”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

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Elon Musk's Speech on Wisconsin Supreme Court Race and Government Efficiency

Published | Video Starts at 1:14:35

So you know exactly what's going on and just making sure that, you know. Yeah. Anyway, money is not wasteful or fraudulent. You know, one interesting statistic was that 40% of the calls into Social Security were fraudulent. Like meaning that it was someone trying to get a Social Security payment that was going to a senior instead to go to a fraud ring. (1:14:35–1:14:42)

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