In March, The New York Times reported that “Social Security’s field office network will be closed to the public in most situations until further notice,” and that help with benefit claims “will be handled only through the agency’s toll-free line and website.”
It’s now late September, and the Social Security Administration’s offices are still closed -- and instead of helping to resolve the crisis, Donald Trump has chosen to delay funding to Social Security through the end of the year.
By deferring payroll taxes (a change that the president has said he’ll make permanent if re-elected), Donald Trump has set the Social Security trust fund on a course for insolvency by 2026.
Trump is willing to leave the most vulnerable among us starving for support in the middle of a crisis. We will stop him, but we can’t without you. If you’d rather keep Social Security strong, please, lend your voice to ours now -- before it’s too late. Tell us now:
