Wyden Statement on Trump Plan to Fire Half of Social Security Workforce
Washington, D.C. — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following reports that the Acting Commissioner has asked managers at the Social Security Administration to produce a plan that would result in the termination of 50 percent of workers at the agency.
“Firing half of all Social Security workers will guarantee that seniors will stop seeing their earned benefits arrive on time and in full,” Wyden said. “Trump’s promises to protect Social Security are a sham, just like the rest of his actions since taking office. A plan like this will result in field office closures that will hit seniors in rural communities the hardest. The goal of this effort is to hollow out an agency that currently delivers retirement benefits with a 99.7% accuracy rate, and hand over the keys to private equity and grifters who want to pillage Social Security for all it’s worth.”
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