Musk spotlights old limestone mine that still processes federal retirements by hand: ‘A time warp’

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This is stunning, but unfortunately, unsurprising. After all, it’s bloated government. When you ask why they are doing things this way, the answer always is, “that’s how we’ve always done it.”

Worse, there’s probably many Iron Mountains out there.

Musk spotlights old limestone mine that still processes federal retirements by hand: ‘A time warp’​

Elon Musk drew attention to a decades-old converted underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team stumbled upon that is still being used to process paperwork for federal worker retirements.

The 53-year-old billionaire tech mogul railed against the fed’s operation in the Iron Mountain facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, which he likened to “a time warp” and claimed that its antiquated infrastructure renders it prone to delays.

“There’s a limestone mine where we store all the retirement paperwork,” Musk told reporters inside the Oval Office on Tuesday.

“The limiting factor is the speed at which the mine shaft elevator can move determines how many people can retire from the federal government.”

That facility, which is run by the Office of Personnel Management and is operated by several hundred employees, was once owned by US Steal, which mined from the complex between 1902 and 1952, per the Center for Land Use Interpretation.

Musk spotlights old limestone mine that still processes federal retirements by hand: ‘A time warp’

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk drew attention to a circa 1960 converted underground limestone mine in Pennsylvania his team stumbled upon that is still being used to process paperwork for federal…

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By the 1960s, the US government began stashing records there and still uses the facility to this day. Iron Mountain, a storage provider, purchased the converted mine in 1998 and leases space there to the government.

Every month, the facility at Boyers, Pennsylvania takes in about 10,000 applications for retirements that it sorts through by hand about 230 feet underground, according to DOGE.

“The elevator breaks down sometimes, and nobody can retire,” Musk mused. “Doesn’t that sound crazy?”

“And then we’re told this is actually, I think, a great anecdote because we’re told the most number of people that could retire possibly in a month is 10,000,” Musk recalled. “We’re like, well, what? Why is that? Well, because all the retirement paperwork is manual on paper.”

“It’s manually calculated and written down on a piece of paper. Then it goes down to mine and like, what do you mean, a mine?”

Applications are processed on paper and then stashed into manila envelopes which then go into cardboard boxes, DOGE claims.

The government’s facility there has been run by OPM since at least 1970, per federal records.

Over a decade ago, the complex cost the taxpayers $55.8 million, according to a Washington Post report from 2014, which described the facility as a “sinkhole of bureaucracy.”

 

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This is stunning, but unfortunately, unsurprising. After all, it’s bloated government.

I got my social security benefits within 30 days of applying. I got my passport with 14 days of applying. When I owed back taxes the IRS was happy to set up a very reasonable payment plan for me.

I've never had any major complaints about the professionalism and efficiency of federal employees.

The people who see widespread corruption and inefficiency in the Federal government and usually people who don't interact with Federal employees, and just live in their basement on a diet of right-wing social media.

 

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I got my social security benefits within 30 days of applying. I got my passport with 14 days of applying. When I owed back taxes the IRS was happy to set up a very reasonable payment plan for me.

And? Has nothing to do with the topic halfwit.

I've never had any major complaints about the professionalism and efficiency of federal employees.

Well, you were either lucky, or a dumb liar. I am going with the latter.

The people who see widespread corruption and inefficiency in the Federal government and usually people who don't interact with Federal employees, and just live in their basement on a diet of right-wing social media.

I have to laugh at dotards who claim that there is no corruption of inefficiency in the massive Federal Government with a $6 trillion budget.

You are either retarded or a really bad liar. Perhaps you are both?