Summary
Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley warns that actions by Elon Musk threaten to disrupt Social Security payments within 30-90 days, something that has never happened in the program’s 80+ year history.
Following leadership upheaval, including the resignation of acting commissioner Michelle King, and significant staff cuts leading to system outages, O’Malley advises beneficiaries to “start saving now.”
The administration is planning to terminate leases at approximately 45 Social Security locations.
Critics call these moves a “backdoor benefit cut” that will particularly impact new applications and in-person services for elderly and disabled Americans.
I’m sorry to say you’re incorrect. I have family who receive social security cheques, and they will not blame Trump and Musk if the cheques don’t arrive.
People need to understand how utterly different the worldview is on Fox News and the like. I don’t even watch Fox News, I just occasionally glimpse it peripherally while I’m at the gym, and it’s easy to see how consistently they can spin what’s happening into something else entirely.