Trump DOGE cuts leave Social Security agency at 60-year staffing low | Fox News

Shocking

12 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said:

Shocking

a few excerpts that stick out like a sore thumb...

With the Social Security Administration’s staffing now reduced to a 60-year low and baby boomers swelling the number of active beneficiaries to an all-time high, the agency is struggling badly, and the American people are paying the price. Wait times to get to a person in a field office or to talk to a person on the 1-800 line have become longer and longer.  

As the Trump administration claims that things have never been better, millions of Americans are having a very different experience. In fact, more people today now die waiting in line for their initial disability determination than at any time since President Dwight Eisenhower signed the disability portion of the act into law in 1956. Even just recently, Trump and DOGE risked 300 million Americans’ personal data from the Social Security Administration. They have robbed Americans of customer service and peace of mind.

None of this had to happen. It was made to happen. As a candidate, Trump vowed all through the campaign that he would protect Social Security. Instead, he wrecked the program’s customer service, took a chainsaw to its functions and maligned its reputation with false claims of waste, fraud and abuse.

In a time of great political division, Social Security remains the most strongly supported program in America. In fact, 80% of Americans are concerned whether Social Security will be available when they retire and want it to be strengthened, made better — not hacked to pieces, privatized or liquidated. 

This is a democracy moment. Social Security should be a bipartisan issue. All lawmakers — Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike — need to come together to deliver on its promise of a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work. 

and I'm a long way from being eligible for any of it...

Who the fuck believed him?

2 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Who the fuck believed them?

Ill be fine thanks

I'm already fine and get a direct deposit every 2nd Wednesday of the month.....come to Papa this Wednesday December 10th like clock work. 😂

Customer service? lmao 😂. Have never needed them.. It's not like I'm ordering food.... wasteful spending is right 👍

Thank you Mr. President Donald J. Trump #45 &47..... perhaps #48.

I’m all for cutting and automating the shit out of it but have a plan in place first.

Hope you get what you ask for viper.

2 hours ago, Crnr2Crnr said:

a few excerpts that stick out like a sore thumb...

With the Social Security Administration’s staffing now reduced to a 60-year low and baby boomers swelling the number of active beneficiaries to an all-time high, the agency is struggling badly, and the American people are paying the price. Wait times to get to a person in a field office or to talk to a person on the 1-800 line have become longer and longer.  

As the Trump administration claims that things have never been better, millions of Americans are having a very different experience. In fact, more people today now die waiting in line for their initial disability determination than at any time since President Dwight Eisenhower signed the disability portion of the act into law in 1956. Even just recently, Trump and DOGE risked 300 million Americans’ personal data from the Social Security Administration. They have robbed Americans of customer service and peace of mind.

None of this had to happen. It was made to happen. As a candidate, Trump vowed all through the campaign that he would protect Social Security. Instead, he wrecked the program’s customer service, took a chainsaw to its functions and maligned its reputation with false claims of waste, fraud and abuse.

In a time of great political division, Social Security remains the most strongly supported program in America. In fact, 80% of Americans are concerned whether Social Security will be available when they retire and want it to be strengthened, made better — not hacked to pieces, privatized or liquidated. 

This is a democracy moment. Social Security should be a bipartisan issue. All lawmakers — Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike — need to come together to deliver on its promise of a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work. 

and I'm a long way from being eligible for any of it...

Copy and paste from DUmb??

Serious question. What effect does being found eligible for disability or not, have to do with the person dying?

Everytime Ive had to walk in the wait was less then 15 minutes. I wait longer then that at my Doctors .

17 minutes ago, krom said:

Copy and paste from DUmb??

Serious question. What effect does being found eligible for disability or not, have to do with the person dying?

no... FOX!!!!

straight from the link in the original post...

35 minutes ago, Deephaven said:

Hope you get what you ask for viper.

I almost always do. 👍 They call me even Steven.

Things always even out for me. No worries

I actually just got a refund for over paying my escrow with my new Homeowners insurance that is much cheaper. Pretty much paid for my Trump watch.

And BTW... Just curious, what did I ask for?

Edited December 8, 2025Dec 8 by ViperGTS/Z1

Don't even remember what you type. You are becoming senile.

Quick search shows no threads or comments when Biden dropped the number by close to 10%.

Then you can blame yourself. There are about 40 of you that like to dogpile on the idiot libtards here. Sadly none of you can take it when it gets returned. Must be a magayt thing.

1 hour ago, Snake said:

Quick search shows no threads or comments when Biden dropped the number by close to 10%.

Of course not. But you have dems and trumps haters now complaining that TRUMP messed it up. Bunch of idiots

So because he isn't the only cause it is now okay that he ignores another promise? Your guys devotion and acceptance of anything he does is sad.

30 minutes ago, racer254 said:

Of course not. But you have dems and trumps haters now complaining that TRUMP messed it up. Bunch of idiots

Shocker.. stage 5 TDS

DEVOTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So you are saying he kept his promise Pete?