Social Security

  • Social Security considering cuts from phone service

    The U.S. Social Security Administration is considering dramatically curtailing the phone services that 73 million retired and disabled Americans rely on to apply for and access their earned government benefits, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The agency, under pressure from the U.S. DOGE Service team, is considering a proposal to end telephone service for claims…

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  • Elon Musk is targeting Social Security as among the federal benefit programs rife with fraud, suggesting they will be a primary target in his crusade to reduce government spending. The billionaire entrepreneur, who is advising President Donald Trump, suggested $500 billion to $700 billion in waste needed to be cut. “Most of the federal spending…

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  • President Donald Trump, delivering a victorious speech to a packed crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday, told supporters that under his administration, the “fraudsters, liars, cheaters, globalists, and deep state bureaucrats are being sent packing.” “The illegal alien criminals are being sent home,” he said. “We’re draining the swamp. And we’re restoring government…

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  • President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on…

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  • How Trump’s victory can impact the American economy

    As Donald Trump campaigns for a second term in the White House, he’s made a series of promises about revitalizing the U.S. economy. His message centers on a radical shift in trade policy, plans to eliminate taxes on tips and Social Security benefits, and a proposal to significantly reduce the corporate tax rate. Trump asserts…

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