Musk Mulls Sending All Americans $5,000 Checks Using DOGE Savings

Libhater said:
As a Boomer I won't be gone soon, as I'm going to keep collecting my Social Security checks well past my 150th birthday, just like millions
of 150 year olds are doing now.
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The problem for you is dementia is a disease where the first signs are delusions about what reality is and once those first signs appear the person usually deteriorates quickly and they rarely survive for 5 years after that.

Social Security makes no payments to anyone that is registered in their database as being more than 115 years old.
 
Poor Richard Saunders said:
Social Security makes no payments to anyone that is registered in their database as being more than 115 years old.
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The SSA maintains records via the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and Numident database, which track births, deaths, and benefit statuses. If someone’s record shows them as over 115, it’s likely a clerical error, fraud, or a failure to report their death. The SSA doesn’t proactively pay out benefits without an active claim or verification, but errors have slipped through historically.

For instance, a 2015 Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit found about 6.5 million Social Security numbers for people over 112—far exceeding the handful of verified living supercentenarians at the time—suggesting many were deceased but unreported. These weren’t all active payment cases, though; most were dormant records not tied to current benefits.

Active payments to someone over 115 would require an ongoing benefit claim—like retirement or survivors’ benefits—and the SSA missing their death.

This has happened. A 2021 OIG report flagged 39 individuals over 100 receiving benefits where death records were inconsistent, costing $1.2 million annually.

Extrapolating to 115+, it’s rare but possible.

Fraud’s another factor: in 2023, a New York woman was charged with collecting her deceased mother’s benefits for years, netting $150,000—cases like this could persist if ages inflate unchecked.

The SSA’s process involves cross-checking deaths with state records, family reports, or federal data, but it’s not foolproof; about 9,000 payments go to deceased people monthly, per a 2020 Government Accountability Office estimate, costing $50-$100 million yearly.

For someone over 115, payments could theoretically continue if no one reports the death and the account stays active, but there’s no public data confirming anyone that old is currently paid as of February 20, 2025. The oldest known recipient anecdote tops out around 113, like a 2019 case of a 113-year-old woman still listed.


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Diogenes said:
The SSA maintains records via the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and Numident database, which track births, deaths, and benefit statuses. If someone’s record shows them as over 115, it’s likely a clerical error, fraud, or a failure to report their death. The SSA doesn’t proactively pay out benefits without an active claim or verification, but errors have slipped through historically.

For instance, a 2015 Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit found about 6.5 million Social Security numbers for people over 112—far exceeding the handful of verified living supercentenarians at the time—suggesting many were deceased but unreported. These weren’t all active payment cases, though; most were dormant records not tied to current benefits.

Active payments to someone over 115 would require an ongoing benefit claim—like retirement or survivors’ benefits—and the SSA missing their death.

This has happened. A 2021 OIG report flagged 39 individuals over 100 receiving benefits where death records were inconsistent, costing $1.2 million annually.

Extrapolating to 115+, it’s rare but possible.

Fraud’s another factor: in 2023, a New York woman was charged with collecting her deceased mother’s benefits for years, netting $150,000—cases like this could persist if ages inflate unchecked.

The SSA’s process involves cross-checking deaths with state records, family reports, or federal data, but it’s not foolproof; about 9,000 payments go to deceased people monthly, per a 2020 Government Accountability Office estimate, costing $50-$100 million yearly.

For someone over 115, payments could theoretically continue if no one reports the death and the account stays active, but there’s no public data confirming anyone that old is currently paid as of February 20, 2025. The oldest known recipient anecdote tops out around 113, like a 2019 case of a 113-year-old woman still listed.


@Grok
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So in reality, SS makes no payment to anyone over the age of 115 since reality isn't theoretical.
 
Poor Richard Saunders said:
The problem for you is dementia is a disease where the first signs are delusions about what reality is and once those first signs appear the person usually deteriorates quickly and they rarely survive for 5 years after that.

Social Security makes no payments to anyone that is registered in their database as being more than 115 years old.
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One of the signs showing that a person has dementia is that they can't delineate the difference between reality and sarcasm.
For your sake, I sure hope you make it past those 5 years of your deterioration.
 
Damocles said:
There would be no tax cuts for the rich. The rich would pay the taxes on what they purchase. Currently they have deductions, etc. Those would no longer be a thing.
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Nordberg said:
None of what you said proves waste and abuse. We believe it exists because the wealthy have been saying it forever. Money provides a platform that the agencies cannot counter. We have been told about corruption for so long that we accept it. If you worked for a contractor, you could see who was robbing the govt. It was the owners. The workers do not make the rules.
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BINGO
 
Libhater said:
One of the signs showing that a person has dementia is that they can't delineate the difference between reality and sarcasm.
For your sake, I sure hope you make it past those 5 years of your deterioration.
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Based on that delusional thinking 100% of people that read posts on the internet would have dementia.

But let's test if your statement was sarcasm. How many people that are aged 150 are receiving Social Security?
 
Libhater said:
As a Boomer I won't be gone soon, as I'm going to keep collecting my Social Security checks well past my 150th birthday, just like millions
of 150 year olds are doing now.
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You must have laughed when Musk made that idiotic claim. Can you imagine someone saying anything that stupid and clearly wrong in public?
 
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