Elon Musk and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are on a mission to eliminate waste from the United States government. Among the programs they are looking at is Social Security, which supports over 70 million retired Americans.
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Musk has called Social Security, which is built on contributions from working Americans, a Ponzi scheme. And many think his hope is to privatize it – meaning working people would instead pay into private accounts they could access upon retirement.
Some worry about how such a drastic change would be implemented and thus how it might impact their Social Security – now or in the future. Others think an overhaul of the system is overdue, especially considering the trust fund is scheduled to be fully depleted by 2035.
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