当地时间2月18日,美国总统特朗普表示,政府效率部的调查发现,美国的社保系统中百岁以上老人竟多达数百万人,200岁以上的有2000多人,甚至还有一个人360岁。
On Tuesday, Trump said at a news briefing in Florida that "we have millions and millions of people over 100 years old" receiving Social Security benefits. "They're obviously fraudulent or incompetent," Trump said. He also said that there's one person in the system listed as 360 years old. fraudulent /ˈfrɔːdʒələnt/ 欺诈的,诈骗的
17日,马斯克在社交媒体平台上表示,美国的社保系统可能存在着“有史以来规模最大的欺诈行为”。
马斯克公布了美国社保数据库的数据统计,显示存在着人员总数错误以及年龄数据过于离谱的问题。
马斯克社交媒体平台截图
根据公布的数据,美国官方的社保数据库中总共有3.98亿个“活人”,但美国政府数据显示,该国只有约3.41亿人。
同时,美国社保数据库中显示依旧存活的人员中,有134.5万名150岁-159岁的老人,160-169岁的老人有12.1万人,而超过200岁的老人竟有2786人,更是有一名240-249岁的老人,以及一名360-369岁的老人。
马斯克在贴文中嘲讽称,“看来《暮光之城》是真的,还有一大群‘吸血鬼’在领社保。”(Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security.)“还有很多人在美国建国前就存在了。”
Late Monday, Musk posted a slew of posts on his social media platform X, including: "Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security," and "Having tens of millions of people marked in Social Security as 'ALIVE' when they are definitely dead is a HUGE problem. Obviously. Some of these people would have been alive before America existed as a country. Think about that for a second…"
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不过,有美国媒体报道称,这些错误的年龄数据是因美国社保系统使用的软件问题所造成,而多年来这些问题一直没有被修复。
Part of the confusion comes from Social Security’s software system based on the COBOL programming language, which has a lack of date type. This means that some entries with missing or incomplete birthdates will default to a reference point of more than 150 years ago.
还有很多美国主流媒体称,特朗普和马斯克对于美国社保系统的指控是错误的。
洛杉矶时报:虽然特朗普和马斯克这么说,但并没有数千万死人领社保
据美联社报道,美国社会保障局新任局长李·杜德克(Lee Dudek)19日表示,在社会保障系统中被列为100岁以上的人“不一定能领取福利”,这与数千万超过该年龄的死者领取社保的说法相矛盾。
The new head of the Social Security Administration said Wednesday that deceased centenarians are “not necessarily receiving benefits,” contradicting claims that tens of millions of dead people over the age of 100 are getting payments from the agency. centenarian /ˌsentɪˈneəriən/:百岁老人
杜德克称,虽然确实存在支付不当的情况,包括向已故人员支付社保,但特朗普和马斯克所提及的数字夸大了,是对社会保障数据的曲解。
While it is true that improper payments have been made, including some to dead people, the numbers thrown out by Trump and Musk are overstated and misrepresent Social Security data.
另据美联社报道,马斯克和政府效率部对政府部门敏感数据信息访问的行为,引发了美国各界对数据隐私安全的担忧。
当地时间17日,美国社会保障管理局代理负责人拒绝向政府效率部提供敏感数据后辞职。
有相关人士指出,美国社会保障管理局收集并保存的信息是高度敏感的,强调信息保护行为始终不为过。
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