Summary
Staff at the Social Security Administration (SSA) warn the agency is in “complete, utter chaos” due to drastic budget cuts, office closures, and job losses led by Elon Musk.
Plans to cut 7,000 jobs and centralize operations have disrupted services, with website outages and record backlogs.
Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek backs DOGE’s changes, despite union opposition and legal pushback. Critics say Musk is pushing misinformation to justify dismantling SSA.
With staffing at 50-year lows, experts fear a “death spiral” and potential collapse in service delivery.
You know what the protests had a ton of?
Boomers. That is a good sign that I heavily anticipated. Boomers need that social security.
But us millennials and gen-zers need to rememember - Boomers used to be far more politically active than we ever were. My parents we active in the 70s and 80s. I’ve had great aunts and uncles tear gassed. Many arrested, one arrested multiple times (and she has not stopped protesting as she never had kids).
I’m personally bringing out my inner Zelensky - the guy when from comedian body to military body once Russia invaded again. If the old people out there have health events, you can bet your ass we need to save them.
The boomers in my family didn’t do shit. 😅
In fact, they prided themselves on barely passing high school and still making a ‘decent living’.