President Musk recently called Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme.” He’s hardly the first to repeat this lie, but he and his mini-me’s in DOGE have painted a target on Social Security. I’m sorry it’s necessary to explain this again, but we are being lied to. Here are the facts about Social Security. • No, it’s […]

President Musk’s superpower is that elected officials (Trump, GOP Congressmen) can just claim to be out of the loop and cede the staffing of government and the power of the purse to an unelected billionaire. I can’t think of another example of such an egregious failure of Constitutional government in the US. All the historical […]

Candidate Donald Trump promised not to touch Social Security if elected. But President Musk made no such promise, and is already spouting the usual lies to justify cutting Social Security benefits and privatizing the program: “The billionaire argued Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that the United States government is “one big pyramid scheme” […]