The GOP brain trust has accepted the claim that Social Security is rife with fraud without devoting a moment’s thought to it. House Speaker Mike Johnson absurdly claimed Sunday on “Meet the Press” that Musk’s “algorithms crawling through the data” are “finding enormous amounts of waste, fraud and abuse.”

Key Points President Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security. His plan has a major flaw that needs to be accounted for. It’s unclear as to whether his idea will get broad lawmaker support. Are you ahead,

There are many retired Americans today who get a good chunk of their income from Social Security. But unfortunately, they don’t necessarily get to keep those benefits in full. That’s because laws created decades ago have made it so that Social Security benefits are subject to federal taxes (and there are even some states that