Republicans ARE playing with fire….
ANY delay in Social Security benefits WOULD reverberate across the entire US Economy and piss a LOT of people off….
If House Republicans think this isn’t a back move?
They ARE sadly mistaken…..
This WILL be were ALL the ‘CUTS’ stuff hits Reality….
Republican’s cut funding for the IRS for the longest time….
Biden brought things back….
Which has resulting in MORE revenue foer the government…
Republicans are sure to go back to cuts again…
Social Security beneficiaries could face longer wait times for service next year unless Congress agrees to the White House budget office’s request to increase funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA), the administration that runs the program is warning.
House Republicans balked at increasing funding for the SSA in the continuing resolution passed in September, which forced the agency to implement a hiring freeze last month.
As a result, the SSA will soon reach a 50-year low in staffing despite having to provide service to a record number of beneficiaries, which means customers will experience longer wait times on the phone or online when trying to resolve problems.
While the funding freeze will not result in a cut in benefits, it will take the agency longer to process claims and to otherwise address customers’ problems.
“If SSA does not receive increased appropriation through March, over 2,000 additional employees will be lost through attrition in the next three months, including experienced staff,” the SSA said in a statement to The Hill.
“Customer service will decline as wait times in our field offices and on the 800 Number increase, backlogs grow, and customers experience further delays in waiting for their claims to be processed,” a spokesperson for the agency warned….
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