DOGE found that almost 28,000 persons between the ages of 1 and 5 claimed $254 million in benefits, while another 24,500 people above the nearly impossible age of 115 received $59 million.
“False unemployment claims for fictitious future-born individuals were going to be paid with your tax dollars!” Musk was furious at X. He continued by saying, “This is so crazy that I had to read.
It several times before it sank in.” It’s uncertain whether any of the birth year problems might be attributed to data-entry mistakes, especially in states that utilize outdated systems,
Even though fraud affecting COVID-19 assistance payments, including increased unemployment benefits, has often been confirmed.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told The Post that although it is true that toddlers and those born 129 years in the future are jobless, they are not eligible for unemployment insurance.
