Social Security has protected Americans for 85 years. Now Americans must protect Social Security.

Social Security has protected Americans for 85 years. Now Americans must protect Social Security.
- March 7, 2025
- Sydney Gordon, economics, Chicago Sun -Times, March 7, 2025
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking aim at Social Security. … On March 28, the SSA said it planned to cut about 7,000 jobs. … Yet, a similar effort to cut staffing levels in the 1980s led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits because they had difficulty signing up, according to a newly-released study by a University of California, Irvine researcher.
For the full story, please visit https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/03/07/social-security-donald-trump-elon-musk-editorial.
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