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“This is a revolution and I think it might be the biggest revolution in the government since the original revolution,” he said.
The Tesla owner was tasked by the Trump administration to find $1 trillion worth of savings by 2026 and claimed DOGE’s goal is to cut waste and the deficit by $4 billion a day, seven days a week.
On Monday, Doge announced that 10 million Social Security records were updated.
Doge shared on a post on X that Social Security “has been executing a major cleanup of their records.”
“Approximately 9.9 million number holders, all listed age 120+, have now been marked deceased. Another ~2 million to go,” the agency wrote.
The agency shared that it is using a former limestone mine to store 22,000 government file cabinets.
The files include federal government retirement applications, totaling about 400 million sheets of paper.
The facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, is 220 feet below ground and has been used as a record-storing hub since the 1950s.
Musk called the storage facility a “time warp.”
Currently, 700 workers are processing about 10,000 retirement applications every month.
The facility is monitored by 24/7 security and has surveillance cameras, reducing the risk of any possible espionage.
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