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February 21, 2025

📋 Social Security Offers Assurances as AARP Pushes for Protections (AARP Article)

  • February 21, 2025
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FROM THE ARTICLE: Most older Americans count on monthly benefits as their largest source of income.

 

By Kenneth Terrell, AARP.

 

Published February 20, 2025.

 

The acting head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Feb. 19 sought to reassure older Americans that payments will continue as usual and that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff have limited access to its systems, amid growing concerns over service disruptions and the privacy of beneficiaries’ personal data.

“Our continuing priority is paying beneficiaries the right amount at the right time, and providing other critical services people rely on from us,”  Acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek said in statement.

 

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-2025/social-security-payments-data-protections.html

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CarmenE673098
Contributor ⭐⭐
February 21, 2025

“"DOGE personnel must follow the law and if they violate the law they will be referred to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution.”

This is from the acting SS director's letter after the former Director resigned in protest. Well who is dumb enough to believe if Muck's DOGE violates the law that the Trump Administration's Justice Department would prosecute Musk? 

I just saw a excerpt from CPAC with Musk making a joke/comment about cutting SS. I found it infuriating. Very condescending comment. He isn't even an American. Never had someone in his family that has served this Country.

I want them out of SSA completely. I want the workers in the SSA to be kept, and not cut or downsized at all. They do a good job and should be supported. 

If you are a Conservative I suggest you call, email, write letters to your Republican Congressman demanding that DOGE is removed from the SSA or you promise to not vote for them in the midterm. 

I have called my Republican Representatives almost every day this week. 

Without SS I will be in financial trouble. 

What is DOGE doing at the SSA? If not to cut. How long will it be before they start examining the amount we are paid? Deciding we are receiving too much money so there needs to me "Adjustments". 

We all better act now.

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    Summer2025
    Contributor ⭐⭐
    February 21, 2025

    And who will enforce the laws?

     

    Just asking...

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      tomwestbrook
      Contributor ⭐
      February 21, 2025

      Crickets, apparently. The bad actors have control of everything and Congress is completely paralyzed or uninterested.

        WebWiseWoman
        WebWiseWoman
        Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
        February 21, 2025

        I am pained to write this but I think we all need to be wary; I feel a storm coming; it will hurt many of us because we won't be able to pay rent or actually buy food, which we won't have a stove to prepare it on since we won't be able to pay rent...

         

        Just our silly old person view...

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          GAKKIEZ
          Conversationalist ⭐⭐⭐
          February 21, 2025

          No need to worry about the DOGE unless you are receiving benefits you are not entitled to.  The DOGE is already identifying many that have been improperly placed on social security rolls and questionable payouts with no identification/social security number. 

           

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            tomwestbrook
            Contributor ⭐
            February 21, 2025

            Mere dumbosity. DOGE & Musk are after our benefits. Pure and simple. They need to come up with $8trilion to dole out to the 1% as tax cuts as undeserved gifts.

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              BettiS720642
              Contributor ⭐⭐
              February 27, 2025

              Note that Social Security Commisioner Lee Dudeck said" “Our continuing priority is paying beneficiaries the right amount at the right time, and providing other critical services people rely on from us." Yet they are cutting Social Security staff by half, and closing local Social Security offices. That would be "providing other critical services people rely on from us." So basically, he lied. Social Security was already underfunded, with long waits for services. Now it will get SO much worse. Please consider the accuracy of your sources.
              https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-administration-staff-cut-half-2036903

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