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On the recordMarch 31, 2025
Seven thousand staff, even though the Social Security Administration staffing is already at a 50-year low. So they are lying when they are saying this is about efficiency. They just want the money, and what do they want the money for? Tax cuts for billionaire buddies of Elon Musk. It is an obscenity. It is an absurdity. It is an outrage, and everyone in America should be concerned. Hands off our Social Security, Elon Musk and President Trump. Hands off. They are rallying all across the country to say: Hands off my Social Security, hands off my Medicare, hands off my Medicaid. It is an outrage. And I don't think people should stand for it because your Social Security check is your hard-earned money. It is not for Elon Musk to play with, to shift around, or send it to tax breaks for his billionaire friends. Now, I have to say, my office has been working closely with one senior. Now, she is a New Yorker with a disability, and she was told that she had to call a specific representative's extension by the end of March. Well, that was yesterday. And if she didn't get this person, her application could be denied. She has called every day, sometimes more than once a day. She has been on hold for 4 to 5 hours just to reach this representative. As of yesterday when we reached out to her, she had still not reached the representative. So Americans across the country are panicked. They are stressed.…
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York
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Mar 31, 2025

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