more bad news for us social security recipients

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-social-security-cuts-could-put-millions-of-older-americans-at-risk?utm_source=PBS+NewsHour&utm_campaign=db90f37f69-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_POLITICS_FRIDAY_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_47f99db221-db90f37f69-504142398

Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency look to slash federal jobs and spending, as a result the Social Security Administration has plans to cut 12 percent of its work force. How will this effect Social Security applicants and present recipients?

according to Martin O’Malley, Former Commissioner, Social Security Administration:
"Ever since December, people have been putting in — those eligible to retire have started to leave the agency. The agency had already had been driven down to a 50-year low in staffing, even as Baby Boomers of my generation swelled their customer ranks to a new record high every single day. So, people are going to experience much longer wait times on the telephone. We had gotten that speed to answer down to 12.5 minutes. It's now shot back up on average to over a half-hour now."

I can tell you my own social security payment was delayed one week, multiply my own case by millions.