Elon Musk says that he found out that the most federal workers that can retire in a month is 10,000 due to an archaic retirement process performed in a mine.
This is totally wild. Do you think it is about time to look over the US government and determine what can be done to make it more productive?
WILD. Elon says the most number of people that can retire in a month is 10,000 because the government uses a limestone mine to hold all retirement paperwork which is done manually and stored via a shaft‼️ pic.twitter.com/MgMK9DlZyq
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 11, 2025
Here is a picture of the operation that Musk is referring to.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think there is room for improvement here https://t.co/gQqx3sAOyZ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 12, 2025
Here’s more:
NEW: Elon Musk says the maximum amount of people who can retire from the federal government in a month is 10,000 because the paperwork is done manually at an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania.
The mine in question is Iron Mountain.
“The speed at which the mine shaft elevator… pic.twitter.com/rgjDqoPbL4
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 11, 2025