In a rather impromptu press conference at his Mar-A-Lago estate, Pres. Trump dropped quite a few truths on the American people in regard to what DOGE has uncovered in regard to the Social Security Administration.
The president asked rhetorically why so many hyper-elderly are getting so many Social Security checks.
Seriously, how many people do you know that are 157, 221 or even 366-years-old?
The numbers Trump cited were that our Social Security Administration is paying benefits to:
- 6,054,000 people aged 90-99 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 4,734,000 people aged 100-119 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 3,472,000 people aged 120-129 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 3,936,000 people aged 130-139 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 3,542,000 people aged 140-149 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 1,345,000 people aged 150-159 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 121,000 people aged 160-169 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 6,087 people aged 170-179 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 879 people aged 200-209 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 866 people aged 210-219 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 1,039 people aged 220-229 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 1 person aged 240-249 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- 1 person aged 360-369 years old receiving Social Security benefits
- TOTAL: 23,133,872
In all seriousness, how many people do you know of in even the youngest age group, 90-99? OK, maybe a handful… but over six million nation-wide?
Pres. Trump completely skipped the age group between 180-199, but that was possibly for expediencies sake. But we get the picture.
Color me skeptical, but I find it pretty had to believe that within these United States, there are over 23.1 million people over the age of 90.
On a more somber note – who the hell was cashing all those checks? Let’s say the average SS monthly check was $1,000. Multiply that by 23,138,872. That totals out to roughly $23.1 BILLION.
That’s just per month. How about per year? That rounds up to $277.7 BILLION.
Someone sure is getting one helluva payout, huh?