According to a report from the Washington Post, the purging of employees at Social Security along with a change in how the agency does business by DOGE has resulted in "website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices" due to cost-cutting.
Social Security has stopped publicly reporting its processing times for benefits, the 1-800 number's current call wait time and numerous other performance metrics, which customers and advocates have used to track the agency's struggling customer service programs.[image or embed]
" The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Jun 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#6: This is an excellent book about the US military-industrial complex that Ike warned us about in his 17 Jan 1961 farewell address: img.stevensbooks.com
They are most certaintly aiming to destroy Social Secruity as evidenced by their words and actions. Read the article. Also, less than 1% of Medicaid spending goes to undocumented immigrants. Those who do receive some kind of Medicaid spending get it for humanitarian reasons (e.g., giving birth) www.pbs.org
"Just like no one has bothered Medicaid."
Are you blind? They've just committed to $850 billion in reduced spending...and there are only two places to get it: Medicaid, or the Defense Budget, which they've pledged to INCREASE.
Show us how $800 billion is reduced WITHOUT touching Medicaid.
www.cbo.gov
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