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Former Commissioner Warns: Social Security in Crisis

4/29/2025

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O'Malley Warns Crisis

Martin O'Malley, the former Social Security commissioner, sounds the alarm on the agency's precarious state, citing severe staffing cuts and a toxic management environment under Elon Musk and the Trump administration. This turmoil jeopardizes timely benefit payments for 73 million Americans and risks service disruptions, especially for immigrants wrongly declared deceased.

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Musk Cuts Social Security

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has slashed more than 7,000 Social Security jobs, leaving 73 million Americans facing significant service disruptions. Critics fear this could result in benefit delays and wrongful classifications of living recipients as deceased. The move has ignited a political firestorm, with Democrats fiercely opposing the administration's approach to Social Security.

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O'Malley Warns Crisis

Martin O'Malley, the former Social Security commissioner, sounds the alarm on the agency's precarious state, citing severe staffing cuts and a toxic management environment under Elon Musk and the Trump administration. This turmoil jeopardizes timely benefit payments for 73 million Americans and risks service disruptions, especially for immigrants wrongly declared deceased.

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