Stored in a Limestone Mine

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

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

… takes multiple months.

Yes, the retirement paperwork for federal employees is processed in a limestone mine from the 1950s.

This is why we need @DOGE. pic.twitter.com/QwPK9X8I4b

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 11, 2025

Crazy…WaPo reported on this a decade ago: pic.twitter.com/BrqCqmieBE

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) February 11, 2025