Social Security on the Joe Rogan Experience
2 fact-checked claims across 2 episodes · Oct 2022 to Feb 2025 · updated Jul 12, 2026
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“These people are $150,000, $200,000 in the hole, and some of them actually wind up getting their Social Security docked when they're in their 60s because they …”
Rogan claims many student loan borrowers are $150,000-$200,000 in debt and some have their Social Security benefits garnished in their 60s over unpaid student loans.
“Yes. We found just with a basic search of the Social Security database that there were 20 million dead people marked as alive.”
Musk claims a basic search of the Social Security database found 20 million dead people marked as alive.