Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“The leading advocacy group for protecting Americans’ Social Security benefits has drawn a red line for Democrats, anticipating a fight over the landmark social insurance program not unlike George W. Bush’s attempts to privatize the system in 2005. Social Security Works, led by veterans of those fights, is warning about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the quasi-advisory organization co-chaired by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, which has the goal of cutting as much as $2 trillion from federal budgets. The organization sees DOGE as a Trojan horse to cutting Social Security and the two biggest public health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid.” [editor’s note: Most times, this pundit avoids propagating “fake news;” this is not one of those times – SAT] (12/10/24)
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-10-social-security-advocates-wage-early-fight-against-cuts/