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'That’s the big one to eliminate': Musk vows to cut a 'half trillion' from Social Security

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now openly declaring his plan to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from earned benefits programs like Social Security and Medicare .

Musk told Fox Business host Larry Kudlow that he remains committed to his goal of enacting steep cuts to Americans ' retirement income and health insurance.

He also asserted without evidence that Democrats were enticing illegal immigrants to come across the border "by essentially paying them" Social Security money in exchange for their votes.