Source: OtherWords
by Nancy J. Altman
“The last few weeks have been the most destabilizing for Social Security in its 90-year history. America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars, pandemics, and recessions. But without a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump and Elon Musk. In mid-February, Musk demanded access to private Social Security data. When the Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) declined, President Donald Trump immediately replaced her. He leapfrogged over 120 more senior employees to install a DOGE sympathizer, Leland Dudek. Dudek is reportedly planning to lay off at least 15 percent of SSA’s already understaffed, overworked workforce.” [editor’s note: If it takes a bloated bureaucracy to deliver checks to those who should have been allowed to save for their own retirement, we are seeing the problem – SAT] (03/06/25)
https://otherwords.org/the-greatest-threat-to-social-security-in-its-90-year-history/