{"id":1055611,"date":"2025-08-14T11:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055611"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:35:28","slug":"for-90-years-social-security-has-enabled-seniors-to-retire-with-dignity-now-trump-wants-to-gut-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/for-90-years-social-security-has-enabled-seniors-to-retire-with-dignity-now-trump-wants-to-gut-it\/","title":{"rendered":"For 90 Years, Social Security has Enabled Seniors to Retire with Dignity. Now, Trump Wants to Gut It.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump spent his campaign promising to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/what-trump-has-promised-for-his-2nd-administration\">protect<\/a> Social Security, then turned around and tried to dismantle it, despite it being one of the most popular government programs in American history. So far, Trump has installed <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/new-head-social-security-hired-wall-street-tells\/story?id=122075152\">incompetent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-wall-street-pick-to-lead-social-security-administration-will-threaten-americans-hard-earned-benefits\/\">leadership<\/a>, cut critical services, created a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1950589542819348606\">\u201cbackdoor for privatizing Social Security\u201d<\/a> with his billionaire-first budget, and <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-nominates-project-2025-lackey-as-bls-commissioner-to-cook-the-books-after-horrendous-jobs-report-as-core-inflation-rises-above-3-again\/\">nominated<\/a> economic officials who want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/44-houstons-morning-news-on-kt-26994314\/episode\/ej-antoni-economist-heritage-foundation-251975380\/\">\u201csunset\u201d<\/a> Social Security. Trump wants to rip away Americans\u2019 hard-earned benefits and leave millions of seniors stranded while lining the pockets of his billionaire donors and friends.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On the 90th Anniversary of Social Security, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago, he created a lifeline for the American people with a promise: work hard, and you can retire with dignity and peace of mind. Social Security has lifted more people out of poverty than any other program and has provided financial stability for millions of families. But instead of honoring his own promise to protect Social Security, Donald Trump and his administration of billionaires have done everything in their power to undermine the program. Trump and his billionaires may never have to rely on Social Security to get by \u2014 but millions of hard-working Americans do, and that\u2019s why Democrats will always fight to protect it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social Security is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/a-majority-of-americans-oppose-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare\/\">popular<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/social-security\/social-security-lifts-more-people-above-the-poverty-line-than-any-other\">successful<\/a> programs in America \u2014 it\u2019s no surprise that a <a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/a-majority-of-americans-oppose-cuts-to-social-security-and-medicare\/\">majority<\/a> of Americans oppose Trump\u2019s dangerous campaign to gut it. Instead of listening to the American people, Trump has taken a wrecking ball to Social Security by:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/factpostnews\/status\/1950589542819348606\">\u201cbackdoor for privatizing Social Security\u201d<\/a>;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/02\/26\/doge-federal-workforce-firings-job-cuts\/\">Slashing<\/a> staff by more than half during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/people\/2025\/02\/top-social-security-deputies-leave-amid-rumored-staff-cuts\/403316\/?oref=ng-homepage-river\">50-year <\/a>staffing low;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/17\/social-security-trump-doge\">Jeopardizing<\/a> rural Americans\u2019 access to their hard-earned benefits;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/03\/25\/social-security-phones-doge-cuts\/\">Cutting<\/a> critical services and stranding seniors;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-wall-street-pick-to-lead-social-security-administration-will-threaten-americans-hard-earned-benefits\/\">Installing<\/a> Frank Bisigiano \u2014 an <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/new-head-social-security-hired-wall-street-tells\/story?id=122075152\">incompetent<\/a>, ultra-wealthy, Wall Street lackey \u2014 as the Social Security Administrator to help him <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-confirm-wall-street-lackey-to-help-trump-and-musk-gut-americans-social-security\/\">dismantle<\/a> the program.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nominating EJ Antoni as BLS Commissioner after he made it clear he wants to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/44-houstons-morning-news-on-kt-26994314\/episode\/ej-antoni-economist-heritage-foundation-251975380\/\">\u201csunset the program\u201d<\/a> and echoed Trump\u2019s view that Social Security is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/27\/politics\/trump-desantis-social-security-ponzi-scheme\/index.html\">\u201cPonzi scheme.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Make no mistake: If Trump is allowed to finish his campaign to dismantle Social Security as we know it, tens of millions of seniors will lose their hard-earned benefits and countless Americans will be thrown into poverty. Social Security has helped people to retire with dignity for 90 years \u2014 Trump is hell-bent on destroying it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump spent his campaign promising to protect Social Security, then turned around and tried to dismantle it, despite it being one of the most popular government programs in American history. So far, Trump has installed incompetent leadership, cut critical services, created a \u201cbackdoor for privatizing Social Security\u201d with his billionaire-first budget, and nominated economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For 90 Years, Social Security has Enabled Seniors to Retire with Dignity. 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