Agency has been significant target of Doge while nearly 69 million Americans receive benefits

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30394284

Michael Sainato
Tue 20 May 2025 07.00 EDT

"‘I have to worry each month’: social security cuts incite fears of payment disruptions

Agency has been significant target of Doge while nearly 69 million Americans receive benefits Michael Sainato Tue 20 May 2025 07.00 EDT

Retiree and disability beneficiaries are worried about delays in payments, processing and services amid cuts being made to the US’s social security system under the Trump administration.

Angel Morgan, a 44-year-old disability benefits recipient in Nashville, Tennessee, said she felt like she was “running in circles” navigating long lines at her local social security office and difficulties in trying to make an appointment online to talk about her benefits and how to participate in the Ticket to Work program, which provides career development services for disability beneficiaries."

  • SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee
    7·
    19 hours ago

    The entire point is to cripple the safety net so irreparably, it will be abolished and the Zoomers, who have always worked for no benefits, won’t notice. To them, working until they drop at their desk will just be normal.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    81·
    20 hours ago

    This is a SMALL Price to Pay to be able to Call Autistic Black Kids the N WORD!

    -Literally EVERYONE on SS who Voted for Trump!

    • criss_cross@lemmy.world
      8·
      19 hours ago

      We are moving to merit based hires and scrapping DEI. That’s why we hired a Fox News drunk to be the Secretary of Defense and influencers to run the FBI.