Elon Musk: “A bunch of the fraud rings that are operating in the United…”

“So I think we can all agree that if there's going to be fraud, it should at least go to Americans. But A bunch of the fraud rings that are operating in the United States and taking advantage of the federal government, especially in the entitlements programs, are actually foreign fraud rings. They're operating in other countries and actually exporting money to other countries. We should stop that. And this is big numbers. Talk about 100 billion to $200 billion a year serious money.” (21:48–21:57)

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