FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, March 4
Contact: Linda Benesch, lbenesc
Donald Trump is Lying About Social Security While Elon Musk Breaks It
(Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works:
“Tonight, Donald Trump brazenly lied about Social Security. That’s because he doesn’t want the American people to know the truth: Trump and his co-president Elon Musk are in the midst of breaking Social Security.
At the behest of Musk’s DOGE, the already understaffed Social Security Administration is laying off at least 7,000 workers and closing local offices around the country. They have already forced out many of the agency’s most senior leaders, a mass exodus of institutional knowledge and expertise.
According to Social Security’s most recent Senate-confirmed commissioner, Martin O’Malley, this will result in a ‘system collapse’ within the ‘next 30 to 90 days’.
Social Security has vanishingly low rates of fraud, far less than private sector retirement programs. Lying about it is a convenient way to justify cutting off benefits to people deemed enemies or undeserving under the guise of ‘fraud’.
Social Security has survived wars, pandemics, and recessions. But unless there is a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump and Elon Musk.”
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