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Social Security Works
@SSWorks
We're fighting to address the retirement income crisis by protecting and expanding our Social Security system.
Jul 30 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🚨RED ALERT: Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that the bill Trump recently signed into law contains a "backdoor to privatizing Social Security." So much for Trump’s campaign promise to protect Social Security. 🤷

First, he gave Elon Musk the power to gut the Social Security Administration.
Now, Trump’s Treasury Secretary is bragging about the Administration’s goal to privatize Social Security.
May 6 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Every Senate Republican just voted to put Wall Street Billionaire and self-described "DOGE person" Frank Bisignano in charge of Social Security.

Every Senate Democrat voted no. Elon Musk and Donald Trump, with the quiet help of Bisignano, have spent the last few months taking a chainsaw to Social Security.
Apr 3 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
UPDATE: EVERY Republican on the Senate Finance Committee voted to continue The DOGE destruction of Social Security

They voted to advance the nomination of Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s choice to lead Social Security. The party-line Finance Committee vote shows that Senate Republicans are full partners in Elon Musk’s war on Social Security.

They held the vote off-camera behind closed doors, instead of in the sunshine for their constituents to see.
Mar 21 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Trump-appointed acting commissioner Leland Dudek is refusing to comply with a court order to stop Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data.

Instead, Dudek is threatening to shut down Social Security so that 70m Americans won't get their benefits.

🧵 Donald Trump and Elon Musk installed Leland Dudek as acting Social Security commissioner six weeks ago.
Mar 13 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Our Executive Director Alex Lawson is holding three Save Social Security town halls in Florida this weekend.

If you live in The Villages, Orlando, or Palm Coast and care about the future of Social Security, please join!

Details in 🧵🪡 mobilize.us/savesocialsecu…
Mar 7 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Social Security has contracts with every state that allow parents to register their newborns for Social Security cards at the hospital.

They also contract with states to find out when people die.

A week ago, the Trump Admin canceled both contracts with one state — Maine. After the media broke the story, SSA issued a press release this morning abruptly reversing course.

But the damage has been done.
Dec 18, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday, Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson approached Members of Congress as they entered and exited the first meeting of the House DOGE Caucus. The following is a statement from Lawson: “During the presidential election, Donald Trump’s campaign blanketed millions of households with flyers promising to protect Social Security and Medicare. I showed every member of the DOGE Caucus those flyers, and asked them a simple question: Do you intend to keep that promise?
Dec 3, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🚨🚨🚨

Last night, Sen. Mike Lee wrote a blueprint for destroying Social Security.

Lee’s thread was quickly amplified by Elon Musk.

Republicans have declared war against seniors, people with disabilities, and the American public. Image For 89 years, through war and peace, boom time and bust, health and pandemics, Social Security has never missed a single payment.

Compared to the risky alternatives on Wall Street, Social Security is a rock of retirement security.
Nov 13, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Donald Trump ran for President on a promise to protect Social Security.

But just days after the election, Trump and his fellow Republicans have already broken that promise — three times! Last night, 172 House Republicans voted for a bill that would reduce the Social Security benefits of 14 million workers, including public school teachers, firefighters, and police officers.

clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024457
Mar 20, 2024 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), which counts nearly 80 percent of House Republicans as members, released its 2025 budget proposal — and it includes $1.5 TRILLION in cuts to Social Security!

🧵 with more details below. Last week, Donald Trump told CNBC that ‘there’s a lot you can do’ to cut Social Security.

Now, Congressional Republicans are confirming the party’s support for cuts — and laying out what the cuts would be.
Jan 18, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the House Budget Committee voted to advance the so-called “Fiscal Commission Act of 2023”, a bill designed to cut Social Security and Medicare behind closed doors.

Every Republican present voted for it. During the mark-up, Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson delivered over half a million petitions opposing the commission.

Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) responded by having Lawson arrested.
Oct 25, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
House Republicans just elected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the new Speaker of the House.

Johnson has a long history of working to cut, privatize, and undermine Social Security and Medicare. As Chair of the Republican Study Committee from 2019-2021, Johnson released budgets that included $2 trillion in cuts to Medicare and $750 billion in cuts to Social Security.
Jun 14, 2023 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), which counts 70 percent of House Republicans as members, released its 2024 budget proposal.

The RSC plan makes massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare, destroying the programs as we know them. The RSC plan would raise the retirement age and slash middle class benefits.

These changes would transform Social Security from an earned insurance benefit, which replaces wages lost in the event of old age, disability, or death, into a subsistence-level welfare benefit.
May 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Proposals like this one fundamentally misunderstand the nature of Social Security, and are very dangerous for Social Security's future.

This is reminiscent of the Marco Rubio/Ivanka Trump plan to fund paid leave out of people's future Social Security benefits. The Rubio/Ivanka plan was developed by a Koch think tank, which was open about it being a first step towards destroying Social Security by privatizing it: archive.thinkprogress.org/rubios-paid-fa…

thehill.com/blogs/congress…
Mar 10, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Donald Trump is using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to propose a reduction in payroll contributions. This is a Trojan Horse attack on our Social Security system, which will do nothing to meaningfully address the #Covid19 crisis. socialsecurityworks.org/2020/03/10/tru… (1/7) Other proposals to stimulate the economy, such as restoring the Making Work Pay Tax Credit or expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, are more targeted and provide more fiscal stimulus. They are fairer in their distribution and place no administrative burdens on employers. (2/7)
Oct 3, 2019 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: For years, Republicans have put their thumb on the scale in favor of for-profit Medicare Advantage plans.

Under the Trump Administration, that thumb has turned into an entire hand.

Medicare Advantage is a scam. Here are 10 reasons why.

commondreams.org/views/2018/10/… 1. Medicare Advantage plans limit the doctors and hospitals enrollees can use. It's no surprise that the sicker people get, the more likely they are to switch back to traditional Medicare.