The AARP told its members that it is “hearing from thousands of older Americans confused and concerned about their Social Security payments, the status of Social Security field offices, and inexcusably long wait times on the phone to get their questions answered.” It also reminds its 38 million members, “Every working American earns Social Security. And after an entire lifetime of hard work, it’s your money.” It’s not the government’s money. And especially not Elon Musk’s and President Trump’s money. The Trump/Musk administration is cutting 12 % of Social Security’s work force, making it more and more inefficient, so that in time, people will give up on it. The end game is to privatize Social Security. Ever since Social Security came into being under FDR’s administration, a segment of the super-rich has been trying to kill it off. Now it appears to have been given a death sentence by thousands of cuts to its infrastructure. That’s why the AARP is asking it members speak up. Nearly 70 million of us get Social Security benefits – and another 30 million Americans are over 55. The vast majority worked hard to receive their benefits in our retirement years — and we vote. Republicans, Democrats, Independents, let’s start calling, going to Congressional offices, emailing, protesting and demanding that everyone in government remember that Social Security belongs to us. We are not about to let a bunch of greedy billionaires take it away.

Leonard Witt

Sandwich