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Trump’s Social Security Promise Under Strain as DOGE Cuts Take Toll

www.nytimes.com Trump’s Social Security Promise Under Strain as DOGE Cuts Take Toll

President Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but as Elon Musk’s team trims staff and plans cuts to phone services, the system is groaning under the pressure.

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www.nytimes.com /2025/04/08/us/social-security-trump.html

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the system is groaning under the pressure.

So am I... 🙄 🖕
We're coming in close to the 60-90 days that experts were predicting would be the collapse of SSA last month. Unless something drastic happens, I don't have any hope this will get turned around any time soon. I'm on disability and I'm terrified.
I tried paying my taxes using the free filing online through the SSA website. It kept logging me out after hitting the submit button.
"Promise under strain"?

Trump's promises are all lies. He's a compulsive liar. Why would anyone with a working mind take anything that pig says as anything but empty noise and distraction?