Federal employee retirements are processed using paper, by hand, in an old limestone mine in Pennsylvania. 700+ mine workers operate 230 feet underground to process ~10,000 applications per month, which are stored in manila envelopes and cardboard boxes. The retirement process… pic.twitter.com/dXCTgpAWLs
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 11, 2025
@elonmusk exposed a bizarre facet of government bureaucracy: the U.S. Government stores federal retirement files in a limestone mine in Boyers, PA, where an elevator shaft's speed limits retirements to 10k/month. Musk's 'DOGE' initiative aims to streamline this inefficiency.… pic.twitter.com/p07qM5WHW2
— Patrick Riot (@pat_ri0t_1776) February 12, 2025
H/T Mauser
