“We have to fix the computers,” Musk said during an interview with several Department of Government Efficiency associates Thursday on Fox News, which the New York Times described as a “charm offensive” for DOGE.
Federal agencies have indeed often struggled with aged technology, data systems that don’t connect and user experiences that leave Americans with headaches. The IRS, for example, has been trying to get off its 1960s-era system for individual tax account administration for years.
“If the computers can't talk to each other, you can't get research done. If the computers can't stay online, people won't receive their Social Security,” said Musk. “So what we have here are a bunch of failing computer systems that are preventing people from receiving their benefits, that are preventing research from happening, that are extremely vulnerable to fraud, and we're fixing it.”
Musk said that eliminating fraud is a way to reduce government spending overall.
“The government is not efficient, and there's a lot of waste and fraud, so we feel confident that a 15% reduction [in federal spending] can be done without affecting any of the critical government services,” he said, noting that he’d be done with “most of the work” within the 130-day timeframe tied to his government position.
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