by Mary Savage
The horror of the Trump-Musk regime continues and is being felt throughout the nation and world with the unjust elimination of thousands of federal jobs and the destruction of federal agencies and departments.
But now, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the dystopian-sounding Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accomplices are targeting the Social Security Administration. We are hearing that Trump and Musk plan to lay off half of the SSA workforce and shutter field offices across the country. This will mean the delay, disruption and denial of benefits.
It is a back-door cut to the benefits Americans who have paid into the system rightfully earned.
A Feb. 26 press release from Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. John Larson (D-CT), opposes plans to close Social Security field offices and gut the Social Security Administration workforce.
“Donald Trump pledged no cuts to Social Security on the campaign trail, but now he and Elon Musk have plans to do exactly that,” said Larson. [These cuts are] “to pay for trillions in new tax breaks for the wealthy. This has nothing to do with governmental efficiency. As 10,000 baby boomers a day become eligible for Social Security, SSA already operates with administrative costs of under 1 percent and staffing at a 50-year low. This is all about an effort to pad the billionaire class with tax breaks, they do not need, off the backs of Americans’ hard-earned benefits. I stand with the 70 million Americans who rely on Social Security to make ends meet, and the dedicated civil servants who work tirelessly to ensure they receive their benefits in full and on-time every month.”
While word is getting out and opposition slowly builds, you may be asking, what can we do right now? Some answers include: Protest! Talk to family, friends and neighbors. Tell them to contact their U.S. Congressional representative and two U.S. senators. Do so yourself. Tell the elected officials who work for YOU to, “Keep the dystopian DOGE away from Social Security!” Include your name and zip code. Be civil in word and resolved in tone. Do this today.
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