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.

There are also more than 71 million Americans that are enrolled in Medicaid, and more than 42 million Americans are on food stamps.  Many of us suspect that there is a tremendous amount of fraud going on in those programs too.  But for today's article, I would like to focus on Social Security.

At a recent rally in Wisconsin, Elon Musk brought a DOGE official named Antonio Gracias on to the stage, and Gracias discussed a large chart that was entitled "New Non-Citizen Social Security Numbers Issued"…

After handing out the money, Musk brought friend and DOGE colleague Antonio Gracias on stage to discuss the work he has done with the federal government's Social Security system. Shortly after Gracias joined Musk, a large graphic that read, "New Non-Citizen Social Security Numbers Issued," was illuminated on the screen behind them.

According to Gracias, millions of people that are not citizens of this country have been getting Social Security numbers.

In fact, more than 2 million non-citizens were granted Social Security numbers during fiscal year 2024 alone…

Gracias was referring to the total number of noncitizens who received Social Security numbers between FY 2021 and FY 2025. The chart showed a steady year-over-year increase under Biden, reaching more than 2 million in FY 2024, which ended on Sept. 30.

FY23 saw roughly 1 million noncitizens issued Social Security numbers, as did FY25, which began in October and will end in September of this year.

"This literally blew us away," Gracias said. "We went there to find fraud and we found this by accident."