Five Things Elon Musk Doesn’t Want You to Know About Social Security

Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair

Elon Musk’s DOGE has taken a particularly keen interest in Social Security – and not in a good way. Musk called the program  a Ponzi Scheme and has made wildly false allegations about fraud. Nonetheless, DOGE is actively working inside the Social Security Administration, to the deep frustration of current and former staffers.

According to recent media reports, Social Security will no longer allow certain banking changes to be made over the phone, and...