Lawrence: Because of Musk and Trump, for the first time Social Security payments are not guaranteed

YOU. WE HAVE TO GO BEFORE WE GET

IN TROUBLE. GOODBYE.

>> THANK YOU. RACHEL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THE.

>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT IS THAT

ELON. MUSK IS. NOW INSIDE SOCIAL

SECURITY.

>> AND SO FOR THE FIRST.

>> TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS ARE

NOT GUARANTEED.

>> SINCE THE DELIVERY.

>> OF THE FIRST. SOCIAL

SECURITY.

>> CHECK IN 1942.

>> THE FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY.

>> RECIPIENT ITEM, A. FULLER

SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS HAVE

NEVER BEEN A DAY LATE OR.

>> A DOLLAR SHORT, NOT ONCE.

>> BUT ELON MUSK’S ILLEGAL

SPECIALTY WHEN HE TAKES OVER

AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IS TO STOP PAYMENTS.

AND SO THE 71 MILLION PEOPLE WHO

RECEIVE SOCIAL. SECURITY

PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH.

>> FOR THE.

>> FIRST TIME IN HISTORY CAN NO

LONGER BE SURE IF THE.

>> NEXT PAYMENT IS COMING.

>> MICHELLE KING WAS THE ACTING

COMMISSIONER OF.

>> SOCIAL SECURITY.

>> UNTIL EITHER YESTERDAY OR

TODAY. RUMORS STARTED REACHING

ME EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM

PEOPLE WITH EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF

THE WORKINGS OF SOCIAL SECURITY

THAT THE MUSK COO AT SOCIAL

SECURITY WAS UNDER WAY. THERE IS

A LINE OF SUCCESSION FOR ACTING

COMMISSIONERS OF SOCIAL

SECURITY. WHEN A COMMISSIONER OF

SOCIAL SECURITY LEAVES OFFICE

BEFORE A NEW COMMISSIONER HAS

BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE,

THEN THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

SHALL BE THE ACTING COMMISSIONER

ACCORDING TO THAT WRITTEN LINE

OF SUCCESSION. AND THAT IS

EXACTLY HOW MICHELLE KING, WHO

HAS BEEN WITH THE SOCIAL

SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SINCE

1994, TOOK OFFICE. BUT ONE,

MICHELLE KING, WAS FORCED OUT OF

THAT OFFICE. THE LINE OF

SUCCESSION WAS VIOLATED, AND

DONALD TRUMP APPOINTED ANOTHER

SOCIAL SECURITY EMPLOYEE, LELAND

DUDEK, AS THE ACTING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY.

AFTER LELAND DUDEK POSTED

FAVORABLE COMMENTS ABOUT ELON

MUSK’S SO-CALLED DEPARTMENT OF

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ON SOCIAL

MEDIA. LELAND DUDEK WAS A SENIOR

ADVISOR AT SOCIAL SECURITY FOR

THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM INTEGRITY.

THAT MEANS HE WAS AN IT GUY. THE

IT GUY IS NOW THE ACTING

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

THE SINGLE BIGGEST ITEM IN THE

FEDERAL BUDGET, WAY BIGGER THAN

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. THERE

WAS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT

THIS DAY COULD EVER COME. YES,

REPUBLICANS OPPOSED THE CREATION

OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN 1935 BY

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO

ROOSEVELT, FOLLOWING THE DESIGN

FOR THE PROGRAM CREATED BY THE

FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF THE

CABINET, SECRETARY OF LABOR

FRANCES PERKINS, REPUBLICANS

INSISTED THAT IT WAS OUT OF

CONTROL, SOCIALISM AND

UNCONSTITUTIONAL. FRANCES

PERKINS DESIGNED THE SOCIAL

SECURITY SYSTEM WITH ITS

DEDICATED TAX PAYROLL TAX

FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM OUR

WORKERS PAYCHECKS IN SUCH A WAY

THAT ONCE IT WAS ENACTED AND IN

PLACE, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SAID,

QUOTE, NO DAMN POLITICIAN CAN

EVER SCRAP MY SOCIAL SECURITY

PROGRAM. DEMOCRATS HAD

OVERWHELMING MAJORITIES IN THE

HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN 1935,

AND COULD PASS THE SOCIAL

SECURITY ACT WITHOUT REPUBLICAN

SUPPORT. BUT WHEN THE FINAL

VOTES CAME, SEVERAL REPUBLICANS

IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THEN

JOINED DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY SAW

HOW POPULAR SOCIAL SECURITY WAS

EVEN BEFORE IT EXISTED. THE

FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT

ELECTED AFTER THE CREATION OF

SOCIAL SECURITY, FORMER GENERAL

DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, WHO

CONQUERED GERMANY IN WORLD WAR

TWO, SAID AT THE END OF THE

SECOND YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY,

14 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST SOCIAL

SECURITY CHECK WAS ISSUED. IN A

LETTER TO HIS BROTHER, QUOTE,

SHOULD ANY POLITICAL PARTY

ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH SOCIAL

SECURITY, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

AND ELIMINATE LABOR LAWS AND

FARM PROGRAMS, YOU WOULD NOT

HEAR OF THAT PARTY AGAIN IN OUR

POLITICAL HISTORY. IN THAT SAME

LETTER, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER

REFERRED TO SOME RICH RIGHT WING

REPUBLICANS WHO WANTED TO END

SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE 1950S. HE

CALLED THEM A TINY SPLINTER

GROUP AND SAID THEIR NUMBER IS

NEGLIGIBLE AND THEY ARE STUPID.

THEY ARE STUPID. THAT IS THE

CLEAR WISDOM OF DWIGHT D

EISENHOWER SPEAKING FROM THE

GRAVE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT

SOCIAL SECURITY TONIGHT AND THE

PERSON WHO IS DOING IT, ELON

MUSK. 58,000 PEOPLE WORK AT

SOCIAL SECURITY. ONLY 58,000

PEOPLE. THAT IS A HYPER

EFFICIENT AGENCY THAT IS

APPROXIMATELY ONE WORKER AT

SOCIAL SECURITY FOR EACH MILLION

PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM

SOCIAL SECURITY. THAT MEANS THAT

THOSE 58,000 PEOPLE ARE ALSO

PROCESSING AND CREDITING THE TAX

PAYMENTS OF 170 MILLION WORKERS

EVERY WEEK IN THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS NO ENTITY IN THE

HISTORY OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

THAT IS AS EFFICIENT AS THE

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

WITH ITS 58,000 EMPLOYEES,

DONALD TRUMP PROMISED IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THAT HE

WOULD NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY.

BUT ELON MUSK DID NOT MAKE THAT

PROMISE. ELON MUSK HAS NO OTHER

MISSION IN THE GOVERNMENT OTHER

THAN CUTTING PAYMENTS, AND NOW

HE’S INSIDE SOCIAL SECURITY.

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WAS

RIGHT. NO DAMN POLITICIAN COULD

EVER SCRAP HIS SOCIAL SECURITY

PROGRAM. BUT ELON MUSK IS NOT A

DAMN POLITICIAN. ELON MUSK ISN’T

WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER HE’LL GET

REELECTED. ELON MUSK ISN’T

WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND ELON MUSK

DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SOCIAL

SECURITY ACTUALLY IS. HE DOESN’T

KNOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY DOES. AND

HIS APPEARANCE IN THE OVAL

OFFICE LAST WEEK DOMINATING THE

PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TWICE AS

LONG AS THE PRESIDENT. ELON MUSK

LIED ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY. ELON

MUSK DID NOT SAY ONE TRUE THING

ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE

OVAL OFFICE. ELON MUSK TOLD THE

LIE THAT HE FOUND CURRENT

RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY

WHO WERE BORN 150 YEARS AGO, IN

1875. THAT WAS A LIE, WHICH IS

WHY HE HAS NOT PRODUCED THE NAME

OF ANY OF THOSE 150 YEAR OLD

SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS.

LATER, SOCIAL SECURITY EXPERTS

EXPLAINED THAT THE DATE 1875 WAS

USED IN THE ORIGINAL COMPUTER

SOFTWARE AT SOCIAL SECURITY AS A

PLACEHOLDER FOR MISSING BIRTH

DATES. THAT YEAR WAS

DELIBERATELY PICKED AT THE TIME

FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS,

INCLUDING THAT OBVIOUSLY NO

PAYMENTS WOULD BE APPROVED WITH

THE YEAR 1875 IDENTIFYING A

SOCIAL SECURITY FILE. ELON MUSK

HAS NOT SAID ANOTHER WORD ABOUT

THE 150 YEAR OLDS, BECAUSE

THAT’S THE WAY HE CONDUCTS HIS

RAIDS ON PUBLIC INFORMATION AND

PUBLIC TRUTH. HE TELLS HIS LIE.

IT GETS PROVEN TO BE A LIE, AND

THEN HE NEVER MENTIONS IT AGAIN.

I TOLD YOU IT WAS A LIE. THE

NIGHT ELON MUSK SAID IT IN THE

OVAL OFFICE, MOST ELON MUSK

FOLLOWERS ONLY HEAR THE FIRST

LIE. IT DOESN’T GET MORE SERIOUS

THAN THIS. ELON MUSK INSIDE

SOCIAL SECURITY, ELON MUSK

INSIDE THE INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE IS ALSO VERY BAD. ELON

MUSK INSIDE THE INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE WAS THE WORST THING WE

KNEW ABOUT WHAT ELON MUSK WAS

DOING BEFORE TODAY WHEN HE GOT

INSIDE SOCIAL SECURITY. THE

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS ALSO

ONE OF THE HYPER EFFICIENT

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. BY

FAR, IT IS THE AGENCY WHICH

MAKES MONEY FOR THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT. THE TRUTH IS, THE

IRS COSTS ZERO. IN REALITY, IT

COSTS ZERO. IT HAS AN ANNUAL

BUDGET OF $12.3 BILLION, BUT IT

COLLECTS ANNUAL REVENUE OF $5.3

TRILLION, THE MOST REVENUE

COLLECTED IN THE WORLD. EVERY

SINGLE FEDERAL WORKER AT THE

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS

MAKING A PROFIT, A HUGE PROFIT

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERIC.

IN DOLLAR TERMS ALONE, IRS

WORKERS ARE BY FAR THE MOST

VALUABLE WORKERS IN THE

GOVERNMENT. BUT THE FEWER PEOPLE

WHO WORK AT THE IRS, THE HARDER

IT IS TO ENFORCE TAX LAW. AND SO

ELON MUSK, WHO ALREADY HAS A

LOWER INCOME TAX RATE THAN YOUR

AVERAGE DOCTOR, WANTS TO MAKE

SURE THAT THE INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE CANNOT POSSIBLY AUDIT

TAX RETURNS AS COMPLEX AS HIS

AND OTHER BILLIONAIRES. HE WILL

TRY TO FIRE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE AT THE INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IRS AGENTS

INVOLVED IN THE MOST