Summary
Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley warns that staffing and funding cuts under Elon Musk could cause Social Security payments to halt within 30 to 90 days.
The SSA is reducing its workforce and closing offices, prompting concerns from Democrats, who accuse the Trump administration of trying to dismantle the program.
O’Malley predicts a major political backlash if payments are interrupted.
Meanwhile, leadership changes at SSA have added further instability, with no confirmed commissioner in place.
I think people would aim at corporations, not their communities. In a crisis, people tend to flock together and do what they can to help each other. It is elites who panic and go out of their way to ‘protect’ what they perceive to be theirs.
Behind the Bastards has an episode about Elite Panic.
Elite Panic: Why the Rich and Powerful Can’t be Trusted
Here’s hoping we get the timeline right on that when (not if at this point) it happens.