“Republicans gave away trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy,” said US Sen. Ed Markey. “Now they are asking Americans to work longer. We won’t stand for it.” Trump-appointed Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday drew immediate fire from many progressives after he said raising the retirement age for American workers was on the table. […]
“Their playbook is clearly to break Social Security so they can justify further cuts and privatization,” one labor leader warned. Defenders of the Social Security Administration sounded the alarm on Tuesday after U.S. Senate Republicans banded together to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal agency, former financial services executive Frank Bisignano. The […]
“A vote for Trump’s Social Security Commissioner is a vote to destroy Social Security,” warned one advocacy group. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday is set to hold a confirmation vote for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Social Security Administration—an ultra-rich former Wall Street executive who has aligned himself with the Elon Musk-led slash-and-burn […]