Trump & Musk are teeing up their biggest target yet: Social Security. They're using "fraud" as a political tool to justify the attack. Social Security has long been the rock of the welfare state. It comprises 40% of income for older adults. It's so popular, the GOP loves it just as much as Dems 1/ - ThreadSky

pamherd.bsky.social • 13 hours ago

Trump & Musk are teeing up their biggest target yet: Social Security. They're using "fraud" as a political tool to justify the attack. Social Security has long been the rock of the welfare state. It comprises 40% of income for older adults. It's so popular, the GOP loves it just as much as Dems 1/

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tomlancia.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The Right has been chasing FDR’s ghost for 90 years.

tompaine1.bsky.social•7 hours ago

jonbanquer.bsky.social•11 hours ago

When people can't survive because their Social Security benefits have been cut and they have nothing to lose, you create many Luigis.

Never before seen violence from those with no criminal records and whose only crime is being old and/or physically sick is right around the corner.

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It started with Musk's claim that millions of 'vampires' were receiving Social Security. It quickly became clear there was no fraud, just that DOGE didn't understand the administrative data. But Trump keeps claiming it's fraud, emphasizing government incompetence. 2/ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/elon-musk-says-vampires-collecting-social-security-twilight-is-real-7746219

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

But I thought Trump was going to protect Social Security? Well, he's been clear that protection is CONDITIONAL. As he recently noted, “Social Security won’t be touched, other than if there’s fraud or something.” 3/ https://newrepublic.com/post/191740/trump-lutnick-cut-social-security-medicaid-medicare

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

The irony of course is that they've been engaged in a series of actions that will likely actually increase fraud, abuse and waste in the program. They're eliminating the SSA office that does just that. 4/ https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3lipg3dpwek2b

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

SSA is actually incredible at addressing fraud, waste, and abuse. They're overall 'loss' rate is .001% if you account for claw backs and overpayments. Compare this to "retail shrink", which is 1.44% and they're remarkably efficient. 5/ https://oig.ssa.gov/assets/uploads/072401.pdf

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

DOGE and Musk are not interested in efficiency. They're using claims of fraud to raid and destroy Social Security. Indeed, the current acting commissioner was put in place *after* he was put on leave for illegally allowing DOGE to access SSA admin data 6/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/22/social-security-trump-doge-musk/

pamherd.bsky.social•13 hours ago

They're now trying to gut Social Security by destroying its highly effective administrative structure. They'e closing field offices, which will hurt the most vulnerable beneficiaries 7/ https://bsky.app/profile/pamherd.bsky.social/post/3liruzxmo4k24

v1g1lantesh1t.bsky.social•13 hours ago

More info about Elon's DOGE goons and ways to speak out against them in this thread: https://bsky.app/profile/v1g1lantesh1t.bsky.social/post/3li5xxxiyos2g

zjsimmons.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Seems to me the world's richest man is a supremely poor messenger for "the little people need to sacrifice."

justina11.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Workers pay their dues into it! its no entitlement.
The real frauds are tEump and Elon. 🤡🤑

clarissaclemens.bsky.social•9 hours ago

If they touch our social security, we need a country wide class action lawsuit against the trump administration!

That is the money we and our employers paid our whole work life that was taken out of our paychecks and sent to the social security system. Not their money to keep. That is stealing!

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