Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-10 to 2026-06.
Not enough disagreement in the transcripts to form camps. These are the positions taken by people with demonstrated expertise on this topic first, then by how many people heard them on it, then by VoiceRank.
He believes the government should conduct an audit of the Social Security Administration to uncover fraud, regardless of whether the initial claims are perfectly accurate.
“auditing doesn't mean we're going to be right 100% it's not rocket science is what you're saying no all I'm saying is I love that they're tripping I love that they're tripping and they're going they're like listen if this is true this is insane let's find out if it's true”
PBD Podcast · Feb 2025 · 6 episodes · 2.6M views on this topicHe advocates for an audit to investigate specific types of fraud like recycled Social Security numbers and death benefit fraud.
“there are two major areas of fraud that I as a voter and I think the rest of Americans want to see how many recycled Social Security numbers are out there with checks that are going to people that never paid in payroll taxes so they never put it into the trust fund”
PBD Podcast · Feb 2025 · 6 episodes · 2.6M views on this topicThe government should explore re-engineering social security by potentially incorporating a sovereign wealth fund approach to invest for the benefit of Americans.
“I think maybe we could re-engineer it if we could create the sovereign wealth fund and have that on the other side.”
The All-In Podcast · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicSocial Security benefits should be delayed for younger generations because it is currently a bankrupting system.
“Remember that time I said that social security needs to kick in later in life, especially for people who are 40 and under today because people are now living 20 years longer than social security kicks in and that's really expensive and it's bankrupting the country.”
The Ben Shapiro Show · May 2026 · 2 episodes · 1.1M views on this topicThe speaker claims that Trump's policies have significantly shortened the solvency of the Social Security trust fund, causing it to run dry by the end of 2031.
“And similarly, it says the social security trust fund will run dry by the end of 2031.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Feb 2026 · 4 episodes · 685K views on this topicHe believes that raising the Social Security tax cap for individuals earning over $250,000 would ensure the program remains solvent for a very long time.
“if billionaires like Elon Musk paid into Social Security at the same rate as the rest of us all on their income we could expand benefits for everyone and pay them in full forever so right now Elon Musk stops paying into Social Security at 250,000 everybody does so if you make over 250,000 you are ta”
The Jimmy Dore Show · Dec 2024 · 1 episode · 383K views on this topicSocial Security is a primary driver of the systemic national debt because current beneficiaries receive far more money than they personally contributed to the system.
“Ben's point is what you're getting back from social security is way more than you've paid in. So over time, that is going to keep adding up, adding up, adding to the deficit. And that really inherently is the problem.”
The Rubin Report · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 326K views on this topicSocial Security and Medicare need to be reformed through means testing and raising the retirement age to avoid insolvency.
“I think I'm the only person who's been talking about this and saying out loud we've got a consider raising retirement age and we've got to consider means testing and eligibility for Social Security”
The All-In Podcast · Sep 2023 · 1 episode · 287K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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