Americans are shocked that there are millions of people who are well over 100 years old on the Social Security rolls. In fact, there are 12,422,966 people over the age of 120 on the Social Security rolls. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leader Elon Musk says Social Security Administration data indicates the number of people eligible for Social Security is more than 398 million, yet the Census Bureau estimates the national population to be roughly 341 million. In a February 17 tweet on X, Musk said that “This might be the biggest fraud in history.” The Guinness Book of World records reports that the world’s oldest living person is 116, but Social Security rolls have people older than that by more than double. It gets worse.
President Trump on February 18 read down the list and it just got more incredible the further he went. He said, “From 90 to 99, Social Security: 6,054,000 people. Well, that’s okay. Maybe that’s possible. You know, 90 to 99. Maybe it’s possible….But people that live to 100 to 109: 4,734,000. Wow, that’s a lot. That means over 100 years old. There are 4 million people…people that are 120 years old, up to 129: 3,472,000 people. Wow…People from 130 years old to 139 years old: 3,936,000. Wow. I wonder if people are getting paid with all this. I mean, are these checks — and that’s what we’re checking right now. People from 140 years old to 149 years old: 3,542,000. A hundred and forty years old and beyond. Now — now we’re really going because we’re looking to break the record by 25 years.
“People from 150 years old to 159 years old: 1,345,000…Wait a minute. People from 160 years old to 169 years: 121,000. So, 160-year-old people. A hundred and seventy to a hundred and seventy-nine: six thousand oh-eighty-seven. But now let’s go into the real numbers. From 200 to 209 years old: 879 people. From 210 years old — I haven’t met any of them. And if I did, I’d — I would bless them. I would — I would worship the ground they walk on. Two hundred and ten to two hundred and nineteen years: eight hundred and sixty-six. From 220 years old to 229 years old: 1,039. And then, you have two people–from 240 years old to 249 years old: one person. And there’s one person that’s 360 years old.”
Social Security’s Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek released a statement the same day saying he welcomes DOGE audits, but that we should pump the brakes before drawing conclusions. Dudek said, “The reported data are people in our records with a Social Security number who do not have a date of death associated with their record. These individuals are not necessarily receiving benefits.” But see, this is a huge problem. It’s not only Social Security with dead people still on the rolls, the voter rolls have a lot more dead people, which opens the door to a whole mess of fraud—Social Security, money laundering, human trafficking, voter integrity—to name a few. The 9th Commandment is “Thou shalt not bear false witness.” Well, somebody has been perpetrating a labyrinth of lies for a long time. And there is much darkness in them.
Sources:
https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-02-19
https://www.whitehouse.gov/remarks/2025/02/remarks-by-president-trump-after-executive-order-signing/
