Despite wars, recessions, and pandemics, Social Security is still standing and delivering benefits after 90 years!
Posts by Social Security Works
A lot of us start contributing to Social Security as teenagers at our first jobs.
That money should be there for us when it’s time to collect if we retire, become disabled, or lose a family breadwinner.
FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is FAR lower than private-sector retirement programs.
“Over the past 15 months, the [Trump] administration laid off more than 7,500 Social Security employees, which worsened Americans' access to their earned benefits and gave DOGE free rein to pilfer their most sensitive data.” – Sen. Ron Wyden
@wyden.senate.gov
REMINDER: Trump’s One Big, Ugly Bill stole $1 TRILLION from our health care system, put 440 hospitals at risk, and stole the health care of 17 million people!
Why is there always money for war, but we can't find a single penny to help people in America?
Trump and his Budget Director Russell Vought want Americans to think health care is "fraud," but somehow there's always money for foreign wars.
They're cutting health care while asking for more money for their war in Iran. It's completely out of whack with what Americans want.
A graphic with a photo of the January 6th insurrection. The text says, "When DOGE put our Social Security data on a private server, they put my data, your data, and everyone else’s data at risk just to keep pushing the myth that fueled the January 6th attack on the Capitol."
When DOGE put our Social Security data on a private server, they put my data, your data, and everyone else’s data at risk just to keep pushing the myth that fueled the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
A graphic with a photo of Donald Trump. The text says, "Donald Trump will destroy the Social Security system we've built. IT IS OUR DUTY TO STOP HIM."
It is our duty to defend Social Security from Donald Trump – a wannabe king who wants to put our earned benefits in the pockets of his billionaire cronies.
It’s Tax Day! Did you know that millionaires and billionaires don’t pay their fair share into Social Security with every paycheck, all year long, like the rest of us?
Social Security is a benefit we earn with every paycheck.
Social Security must be protected and expanded– not cut, privatized, or means-tested!
Never trust anyone who would rather raise the retirement age than make the rich pay their fair share into Social Security!
“Stealing one person’s Social Security data is a felony. DOGE is accused of stealing the data of 500 million Americans, living and dead. That amounts to the greatest data theft in history.” – Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works
A graphic with a hand reaching up out of water, as if someone were drowning. The text says, "’It's like I'm even more of a problem for trying to ask for the stuff that's supposed to be there for me, It's like I'm in the water next to the boat, and they're like, 'Oh, you want a f**king inner tube? Here, let me throw you a form you have to send back in two days, or we'll disregard your entire request.’ Penny, an Illinois resident who has been struggling to access SSDI since applying in 2023. https://dredf.org/ssa-barriers-2025/.”
It takes way too long for Americans to access disability benefits when they need them.
It’s time to update SSDI and get people their earned benefits in a timely and efficient manner!
Our private Social Security data includes SSNs, addresses, places of birth, citizenship status, mothers’ maiden names, spouse and children’s information, and more.
We demand to know what DOGE did with our data when they copied 500 MILLION Americans’ information to a private server.
Social Security works because workers like me and you make contributions with every paycheck.
We deserve every promised penny when it’s time to collect.
Every time Republicans have tried to attack Social Security head on, they’ve lost. That’s because Americans remember all the good that the New Deal did and continues to do.
Social Security is an EARNED BENEFIT.
Never trust anyone who tries to convince you otherwise!
"We still don’t know what the DOGE staffer intended to do with 500M Americans’ Social Security records, or who they’ve been shared with....What we do know is that this information may have entered a world ready to exploit it."
Everyone needs to be talking about how we will pay the price for DOGE’s data theft if they are not held accountable.
🔥READ: Social Security has data on 500M+ Americans, living & dead. Federal law states the data is used ONLY to receive the benefits you’ve earned. NOT to deport your neighbor. NOT to enrich Elon Musk & train his AI. NOT to keep you from VOTING, YOUR constitutional right.
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
It is a felony to steal and sell anyone’s Social Security data, even if they’re dead.
DOGE stole 500 MILLION Americans’ private data.
That’s 500 MILLION felonies.
It is a felony to steal and sell anyone’s Social Security data, even if they’re dead.
DOGE stole 500 MILLION Americans’ private data.
That’s 500 MILLION felonies.
A graphic with a photo of an older Black couple smiling and holding each other. The text says, "SOCIAL SECURITY'S"CRISIS' IS A POLICY CHOICE. LIFT THE PAYROLL CAP, PROTECT BENEFITS, AND STOP PRETENDING WE CAN'T AFFORD DIGNITY FOR SENIORS IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY ON EARTH.”
If we make millionaires and billionaires contribute to Social Security on every paycheck, all year long – just like the rest of us – we can expand benefits and continue the program for the rest of the century!
The Republicans in Washington, DC perpetrated enormous economic violence against the states by cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid.
The Republicans in Washington, DC perpetrated enormous economic violence against the states by cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid.
A graphic with a photo of doctors standing in front of a hospital. The text says, "HUNDREDS OF HOSPITALS THAT TREATED ALMOST 7 MILLION PATIENTS IN 2024 ARE NOW ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK THANKS TO TRUMP'S MEDICAID CUTS. THESE AT-RISK HOSPITALS PROVIDE ABOUT 70,000 BEDS AND EMPLOY ROUGHLY 275,000 FRONT-LINE CAREGIVERS - THE NURSES, TECHS, AND AIDES YOUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON. WHEN TRUMP ATTACKS MEDICAID, HE'S ATTACKING YOUR HOSPITAL, YOUR JOB, AND YOUR LIFE."
Trump’s billionaire tax handout is putting our hospitals at risk.
Trump’s billionaire tax handout is putting our jobs at risk.
Trump’s billionaire tax handout is putting our LIVES at risk.
The Social Security data of 500 million living and dead Americans was copied to a private server, resulting in the largest data theft crime in history.
Do you want someone to hold Trump, Musk, and DOGE accountable for making us all vulnerable to fraud and scams?