Social Security Announces Changes After Trump Executive Order

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM EST


The Social Security Administration has announced that it is terminating a research program that focuses on retirement and disability policies. Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek made the announcement in a press release saying that it is an action that supports President Donald Trump's executive order "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing." Newsweek has contacted the Social Security Administration, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters

When Trump took office, he signed an executive order mandating an end to government-funded DEI efforts and directing that DEI-related roles be phased out. The administration has also exerted pressure on private sector employers to similarly shift their focus away from DEI initiatives. This is the latest example of a federal department falling into line with Trump's executive order.

What To Know

The Social Security Administration previously entered into cooperative agreements with the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC)—a program for research on social security, retirement and disability policy issues. This has involved the University of Michigan, Boston College, the National Bureau of Economic Research, City University of New York Baruch College, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Terminating these agreements is expected to result "in about $15 million in cost savings for hardworking Americans in fiscal year 2025," the Social Security Administration said.



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[Walleye]

1. $15 million, so in other words, one joyride for Trump to Florida or someplace

[groundloop]

3. But more importantly the govt. won't be spending money to help 'those' people

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Bingo! (n/t)

[Lovie777]

2. Pissed off people....

[Old Crank]

4. They announced that they would pull 15 million out of the economy

Create more unemployment and have less data to work on.

F*ck wads

[mdbl]

5. What is that, about on 8th of what he owes E. Jean Carroll?

[alwaysinasnit]

6. Given that a federal judge authorized a nationwide injunction involving tsf's EO involving DEI programs,

wouldn't the SSA have to pause action on this cut? See DU'er spanone post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220058404

[not fooled]

7. Apparently old people and retirees now a banned "DEI" group

pretty soon it'll be anyone that doesn't support putin's puppet.


I sure hope enough people see through this. The "reasoning" for dropping this program is absurd.

[Akoto]

9. We disabled folks, too. I had the talk with my doc recently about what to do if they cut my medical coverage. n/t

[kskiska]

8. Fasten your seatbelts.

Here it comes.

[BarbD]

10. Next they won't adjust for inflation.

Piece by piece. Death by a thousand cuts. A pox on all of them.

[Seasider]

11. Do these people not know that these EOs are not laws?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. The media seems clueless about EOs as well

which is why this misinformation universe continues unabated.

[turbinetree]

14. Hey, Newsweek did you by chance ask this Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek did Congress give him this power

to fuck over hard working Americans that are Native American, Black, White , Chinese, Latino, ect....................it will leave those people bankrupt did you ask that asshole that question..............probably not.......because EO's are nothing more than using a black sharpies for a asshole with an ego that is a convicted felon..................JFC............

[LudwigPastorius]

15. Nazi eugenics incoming

...starting with non-support for the disabled, and later...who knows?