Millions of 150-year-old Americans turned out to be welfare recipients

Billionaire and head of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Ilon Musk said that American citizens who receive social benefits from the state are vampires because of being in the category of "long-livers" with the age of 100-229 years. He wrote this on social network X (former Twitter) on February 17, commenting on a table with age data of Americans receiving social benefits.

"According to the Social Security database, that's the number of people in each age group whose death column has a dash in it. Maybe Twilight (The Movie. - Ed.) is real and there are a lot of vampires who are receiving Social Security benefits," Musk believes.

According to the table document, about 4.7 million people between 100 and 109 years old receive social security benefits. Meanwhile, more than 1.3 million citizens between the ages of 150 and 159 also receive payments. In addition, the table includes about 1 thousand people aged 220 to 229 years.

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