$382M UI Fraud Exposes Cracks in Trump’s ‘America First’ Plan

• The U.S. government discovers $382M in fraudulent unemployment claims, sparking alarm.
• Recipients include 24,500 “people” over 115 years old and one claimant born in 2154.
• Peter Schiff predicts a U.S.-centric financial crisis as governance issues mount.

As President Trump continues to champion his “America First” agenda, a revelation from the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed financial leakage in the country’s unemployment insurance system. An initial survey of unemployment claims since 2020 has uncovered approximately $382 million paid to non-existent or ineligible recipients, raising serious questions about fiscal oversight at a time of increased concern over national sovereignty.

According to data released by the department, the fraudulent claims include $59 million distributed to 24,500 “people” purportedly over 115 years old, despite the oldest living American being 114. Even more concerning, $254 million was claimed by 28,000 alleged recipients between 1 and 5 years old, while $69 million went to 9,700 individuals with birth dates set in the future. 

In one case, a person was listed with the birth year as 2154. The recipient successfully claimed $41,000 in benefits. Elon Musk, who has taken an active role in governmental efficiency initiatives, expressed disbelief at the findings in his X post. 

He further added that the oldest living American is 114 years old, so it is safe to say that anyone 115 or older is collecting ‘unemployment’ due to being dead. Musk mentioned that there was no sanity check for impossibly young or old people for unemployment insurance.

According to financial experts, this institutional failure has broader implications for America’s economic stability. In his X post, Economist Peter Schiff predicted that the 2025 financial crisis would be limited to only the US while the rest of the world would be liberated. This view suggests that governance issues like those exposed in the unemployment system could portend larger financial vulnerabilities specific to the United States.

Financial markets have yet to fully react to these revelations, but concerns about structural governance issues could eventually impact investor confidence in U.S. sovereign debt and currency stability. The scale of the fraud—nearly $400 million identified in just an initial survey—raises questions about how much additional waste exists in other government programs that have to face similar scrutiny.

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The Department of Government Efficiency’s findings highlight a critical disconnect between political messaging about national economic strength and the reality of institutional capacity. Basic verification processes that should have flagged impossible birth dates were absent, suggesting potential systemic weaknesses that could extend to other government payment platforms.

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