Sharon Reed and Jackson White discuss the broken Social Security system on The Damage Report.
Panic over Elon Musk’s DOGE team surges as the public explodes with outrage. Constituents are raging at their state leaders as Social Security breaks down.
DOGE took insane measures to dismantle Social Security.
This has left many, especially the elderly, in distress over being stranded financially following a lifetime of work to pay into the program.
"When mega-billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency started taking a chainsaw to the federal government, many of us warned that his “efficiency” initiative was a pretext for dismantling the government’s programs. Just two months into President Donald Trump’s administration, those predictions are being proved right: There are signs that DOGE is already breaking Social Security.
The Washington Post details multiple ways that changes at the Social Security Administration, which provides financial assistance to about 1 in 5 U.S. residents, are degrading the service:
The SSA website crashed four times in 10 days in March. The phone lines are a disaster: “Depending on the time of day, a recorded message tells callers their wait on hold will last more than 120 minutes or 180 minutes. Some callers report being on hold for four or five hours. A callback function was available only three out of 12 times a Post reporter called the toll-free line last week,” the Post reports. And the overloading of the phone lines and reduced staff has forced office managers, who are already plenty busy, to try to field calls."
Read more here: DOGE is already breaking Social Security
