“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 […]
“Why do Elon ‘Social Security’s a Ponzi scheme’ Musk and his DOGE cronies need to stick their fingers in your personal data—your work history, income, benefits, and health records?” asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren. President Donald Trump’s administration requested in an emergency filing on Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court allow members of Elon Musk’s Department of […]
“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 […]
“When people can’t get their benefits for any reason, that is a benefit cut,” said one advocate A new analysis out Friday makes the case that cuts proposed by the Trump administration to Social Security operations nationwide will create a “significant new burden” for millions of people, particularly “those who live in rural areas or have transportation […]