#social-security
2 entries with this tag
Cruelty & Rights Abuses
Social Security Gutted: 3-Hour Wait Times, Offices Closed
SSA lost 6,645 workers (11% of staff), phone wait times exceeded 3 hours, and 47 field offices were targeted for closure. Pending retirement claims nearly doubled to 600,000. Disability processing times hit 8 months.
Corruption & Grift
DOGE Breached Treasury, SSA, and NLRB Data Systems
DOGE operatives gained access to Treasury payment systems, Social Security records of 300 million Americans, and labor board case data. A whistleblower reported login attempts from a Russian IP using DOGE credentials.