Musk misread Social Security data with millions of dead people not on benefits. Musk's unverified claims are on only social media with screenshots of data he said shows millions of people marked as "alive" in the Social Security system when they clearly can't be. SSA does make some improper payments, but they are not widespread (roughly 1%) and most of the mistakes made are overpayments to living beneficiaries. There are people in the system who have died but don't have a date of death recorded because they lived long before electronic records were establised. Got that NERD - You're Fired