In 1939, the Nazis kicked off their purge of “undesirables” by tracking down and murdering people with disabilities. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has a page devoted to this disturbing history (hopefully this page will not be scrubbed like so many other government web pages have in recent days). It therefore troubles me greatly that a powerful man, who has eugenicist leanings and publicly performs SiegHeil salutes, has gained access to my disabled loved ones’ medical records and knows where they live. There are good reasons why the Social Security Administration is supposed to adhere to the Privacy Act of 1974, which guarantees participating individuals “the right to be protected against unwarranted invasion of their privacy.” We should all be demanding more information on why a billionaire is being allowed, by our own government, to trample on this right. This may sound paranoid but the actions of the current administration make me increasingly uneasy about the path that our nation is on in terms of caring for our most vulnerable citizens.

Marilyn Jonas

Wilton