Fox News Digital spoke to a data expert about Democrats who are pushing back on Elon Musk's claim that Social Security operates the same way as a Ponzi scheme.

A Ponzi scheme “is a fraud intended to mislead investors,” said Christina C. Benson, an Elon University associate professor of business law. “Social Security is a legally mandated system that has been in place since the 1930s to serve as a critically important social safety net that allows working Americans to save towards retirement.”

In a recent interview on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk boldly claimed that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. Understandably, this assertion stoked fears that the head of the nascent Department

The acting head of the Social Security Administration retreated from his threat to shut down the office after a federal judge said an order restricting data access for Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team doesn’t apply to agency employees.

The head of the U.S. Social Security Administration has backed down from "shutting down the agency" after a federal judge rebuked him for misinterpreting a court ruling that limited billionaire Elon Musk's access to agency information.

Leland Dudek, the acting head of the Social Security Administration (SSA), backed off a threat to shut down the entire agency. His threat came right after a federal judge blocked staff tied to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (D.