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Trump launches ‘despicable’ last-minute attack on Social Security

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Just weeks away from relinquishing power to incoming President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump administration is quietly launching a last-minute assault on Social Security by rushing ahead with a rule that, if implemented, could deny critical benefits to hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) late last week submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposed rule aiming to further tighten eligibility requirements for Social Security disability benefits, which around ten million Americans currently rely on for a modest monthly income.

While it is unclear whether the rule can be finalized before Biden takes office next month, Social Security defenders reacted with outrage to the proposal and called on the president-elect to make clear that he will immediately roll back the change. Continue reading.

Fact Checker: White House budget director’s claim that Social Security disability is ‘very wasteful’

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website April 7, 2017:

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Host John Dickerson: “Entitlements, that’s where the big money is. The president has said he didn’t want to touch Medicare, but he seems to be revising his thinking on that.”

Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney: “Well, I think the promise was he wasn’t going to affect anybody and we haven’t with this budget. Keep in mind what this budget is. This is just the discretionary spending part of the budget, which was a necessary first step.”

Dickerson: “But he might look at future retirement — future Medicare recipients?” Continue reading “Fact Checker: White House budget director’s claim that Social Security disability is ‘very wasteful’”