Social Security Could Cut up to 50% of Its Workforce

Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000, according to a person familiar with the agency's plans who is not authorized to speak publicly. The workforce reduction, according to a second person who also spoke on condition of anonymity, could be as high as 50%. It's unclear how the layoffs will directly impact benefits of the 72.5 million Social Security beneficiaries, which include retirees and children who receive retirement and disability benefits. However, advocates and Democratic lawmakers warn that layoffs will reduce the agency's ability to serve recipients in a timely manner. Some say cuts to the workforce are in effect a cut in benefits.

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I think the hope is that people will become so disgruntled with social security because they can't talk to anyone in person, can't get their questions answered over the phone if there is some sort of mix up or delay in payment and will turn against the program and then beg for it to be scrapped and/or privatized. The bottom line that unifies all of these cuts and firings is to undercut people's faith in the federal govt, so that it can be dramatically downsized and whatever essential services remain can be privatized and brought under presidential control.

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-27 06:54 PM | Reply

NOAA begins firing hundreds of staffers

thehill.com

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-27 06:56 PM | Reply

The Social Security office in my mid-sized Texas city is now entirely closed.

The TSA staff in my mid-sized regional airport are fired.

You know, MAGA...If you keep this up you may become unpopular.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-27 06:59 PM | Reply

One of the sources told The Hill that termination letters began going out to probationary employees at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Probationary status applies to both recent hires and workers who have been recently promoted.

So being promoted gets you fired? That's heavy logic in action.

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-27 07:21 PM | Reply

So being promoted gets you fired? That's heavy logic in action.
#4 | Posted by REDIAL

Yes, that's the way I understand it is working in all the agencies under attack. You could have been there for 20 years, but if you got promoted in the last 6 months, you get the axe.

#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-27 07:25 PM | Reply

I also worry they are trying to cause people to panic and to crash the economy, so that the oligrachs can swoop in and pick up the shattered pieces.

#6 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-27 07:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Trump in 2007: 'I'm Excited' for Housing Market Crash

Donald Trump counseled Trump University students to take advantage of the housing bubble as an investment opportunity.

Donald Trump counseled Trump University students to take advantage of the housing bubble as an investment opportunity and said, just a year before it burst, that he was "excited" for it to end because of the money he'd make.

"People have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I'm excited if it is,' he told the Globe and Mail in March of 2007. "I've always made more money in bad markets than in good markets."

www.nbcnews.com

#7 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-02-27 07:29 PM | Reply

Whats with all the "COULD" and "MAYBE" articles.

Anyone have any facts?

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-27 07:36 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

So being promoted gets you fired? That's heavy logic in action.

In MAYBE Land, othewise known as Canada

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-27 07:37 PM | Reply

Trump in 2007: 'I'm Excited' for Housing Market Crash

Of course he was, so I was I, prices were unreasonable. Everyone I know bought when it tanked.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-27 07:38 PM | Reply

Yes, that's the way I understand it is working in all the agencies under attack.

I guess putting some thought into making an organisation more efficient is too inefficient. Easier to just use the smash and grab approach.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-02-27 08:07 PM | Reply

And why?

So they can borrow EVEN MORE money than they're slashing, to give ~85% of it to the world's wealthiest 1%, including OVER 60% of the cost of the tax bill TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

They want to beggar the rest of us, so Elon and Peter and Mark can keep their disastrous tax cuts.

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-27 08:45 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

And then when it implodes, that will be "evidence" for the republicans to claim it needs to go entirely.

Then the connected will get invited to a feeding frenzy as the money is sucked up by the thieves currently running our government.

#13 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-28 10:03 AM | Reply

Anyone have any facts?

#8 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

As if they'd matter to a dumbf^%# like you anyway ...

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-28 10:05 AM | Reply

Everyone I know bought when it tanked.

#10 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

I'll take stupid f*^% claims that didn't happen for $1000.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-28 10:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#15

You should have bought a few stalls at the Flying J . If you did you could be sucking up more Nickles.

#16 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-02-28 10:22 AM | Reply

What's a "Nickles"?

#17 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-28 10:25 AM | Reply

STFU idiot.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-28 11:23 AM | Reply

That's why I applied immediately after the Fat Orange ---- stole the election.

I'm good. I hope all you MAGAT scum eat dog food.

#19 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-28 03:37 PM | Reply