by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
One of the biggest scandals in the history of our government is starting to be revealed, and the implications are enormous. According to the Social Security Administration more than 71 million Americans are receiving Social Security checks, and according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services more than 68 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare. But the most recent census conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau found that there were only 55.8 million people that were age 65 or older living in the United States in 2020. Obviously, there is something seriously wrong with these numbers. We should be so glad that Elon Musk and his team are looking for fraud in the system, because it appears that we are being ripped off on a massive scale.