Elon Musk’s DOGE Discovers Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on Unemployment Claims for ‘Fake People’
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Thursday that millions of dollars in unemployment claims have gone to “fake people” who aren’t even born yet — some not even in this century.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer presented the findings to President Trump at a Thursday afternoon cabinet meeting, saying “we’re working with our [inspectors general] … [to] return those dollars to the Treasury.”
DOGE claimed an initial review found that since 2020, 9,700 people whose birth dates aren’t for another 15 years have claimed $69 million in benefits, which are administered by state governments.
In one absurd case, a person whose birthday was listed in the year 2154 claimed $41,000, according to an X post by the department.
Another 24,500 people over the near-impossible age of 115 claimed $59 million in benefits; and some 28,000 people between the ages of 1 and 5 years old claimed $254 million in benefits, DOGE discovered.
“Your tax dollars were going to pay fraudulent unemployment claims for fake people born in the future!” Musk raged on X. (Read more from “Elon Musk’s DOGE Discovers Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on Unemployment Claims for ‘Fake People’” HERE)
