The facility, operated by over 700 workers, handles approximately 10,000 retirement applications per month—all by hand, using manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. Despite multiple failed attempts to digitize the system, costing taxpayers over $130 million, the government continues to rely on this archaic process, which Musk aptly described as “a time warp.”
The discovery,
shared by Musk during a meeting with President Trump in the Oval
Office, has sparked widespread disbelief and criticism. “The limiting
factor is the speed at which the mine shaft elevator can move determines
how many people can retire from the federal government,” Musk said.
“The elevator breaks down sometimes, and nobody can retire. Doesn’t that
sound crazy?”...<<<Read More>>>..
