the SSA is already understaffed, already has ultra-low overhead, and its beneficiary pool consists of 73 million Americans - ThreadSky

ryanlcooper.com • 15 days ago

the SSA is already understaffed, already has ultra-low overhead, and its beneficiary pool consists of 73 million Americans

Reposted from The American Prospect

BREAKING from @ddayen.bsky.social: Trump's acting head of the Social Security Administration told staff in a meeting he is looking to fire 50 percent (!) of the agency's workforce. prospect.org/health/socia...

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jessicacordeiro.bsky.social•15 days ago

As a former SSDI disability advocate, I cannot express how many people cutting half of SSA's staff will kill.

pineapplebrz.bsky.social•15 days ago

Uh yeah, there will be riots.

alannarl.bsky.social•15 days ago

We need to call our reps in House and Senate and tell them not to touch social security or medicare! We need to vote them out of office if they do!

bamboozer2112.bsky.social•15 days ago

The Republicans have been trying to kill Social Security. Medicare and Medicaid since the day after they past, all without a single Republican voter. They'd hand the money to their billionaire buddies if they could. Take cold comfort knowing it would clobber that state of ignorance we call Florida.

oak-aged.bsky.social•15 days ago

America is circling the drain.😢

cassandracmplx.bsky.social•15 days ago

Wait until mortgages and rents can’t be paid.

tobellz.bsky.social•15 days ago

I was told there would be no touching. The American people were told there would be no touching.

scottolling.bsky.social•15 days ago

oh, it's going to go fine - Russia will get more Ukraine

maremam.bsky.social•15 days ago

They want to privatize it so it becomes "for-profit" so some rich jerks can make money off it.

Capitalism! 😡

bclark55.bsky.social•15 days ago

What they truly want is to not have to pay THEIR share of our SS taxes taken from our pay

maremam.bsky.social•15 days ago

That's part of it. And what they really really want is for us to drop dead the minute we are no longer producing revenue or babies.
MAGA is a #DeathCult

anonabel.bsky.social•15 days ago

Surely you mean babies that are white, without disabilities of any kind and not to be educated. As per the Great Replacement theory bullshit.

steventheprinter.bsky.social•15 days ago

So, they can’t cut SS just the administration of Social Security.

Sounds like voter suppression to me.

Good luck to the next generation trying to sign up for their benefits, “Your average wait time is 89 . . . years.”

Don’t worry, when you march, I’ll march with you.

michaelscottmiller.bsky.social•10 days ago

Replacing human staff with AI and IVR will be a disaster for at least the current generation of retirees who struggle with automated systems and easily become frustrated. They’ll simply hang up in despair.

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