The statement follows the Trump Administration’s announcement that Georgia seniors will have to apply or make changes to their Social Security benefits online or in person
Earlier in the month, the Trump Administration announced it was shutting down five Georgia Social Security offices that serve rural parts of the state
According to the New York Times, it takes over a month to make an in-person appointment at a local Social Security office
15% of Georgians lack access to reliable broadband
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration’s announcement that seniors could no longer contact the Social Security Administration by phone to file for benefits or change the bank where their payments are deposited.
“This announcement is one more example of the Trump Administration’s war on seniors and their social security benefits. The leaders of this administration appear to know a lot of billionaires, but not many ordinary people. Many Georgia seniors are unable to drive and can’t access transportation, so I know how difficult it is for seniors to make in-person appointments. Forcing seniors to choose between navigating a complicated government bureaucracy online or waiting over a month for an in-person appointment will only lead to more confusion and cause some Georgia seniors to lose out on their benefits. This announcement is especially thoughtless considering the Trump Administration just closed five Georgia Social Security offices and 15% of Georgians lack access to reliable broadband.”
“I am all for cutting government waste and abuse, and if my colleagues in Washington want to have a bipartisan conversation about how to reduce our debt, my door is open. But efforts to limit government spending should never be at the expense of services our retired seniors rely on to live healthy, fulfilling lives. This is wrong, this is dangerous, and I will fight cuts to Social Security services with every tool I have.”
I don’t understand how the blue team can claim the red team is all for billionaires when the blue team is also controlled by billionaires. Maybe if one were to actually learn that, and what it entails for the regular citizens , maybe they would stop listening to either team and create something real and true. Instead of the same actor agent puppets playing EVERYONE.
Ask your Congressional Representative(s), Brian Jack. You can write into the “The Citizen” and tell us what you learned. It’s not “The Citizen’s” job to provide your analytics.
Once again the new leadership over here at the Citizen forgot to do their job (journalism). Just another simple cut and paste of a story that coincides with his/her political agenda.
15% of Georgians lack access to reliable broadband? How many of those 15% are seniors?
Five offices shut down? How many offices in rural areas remain open? What was the amount of customer encounters in those to-be shut down offices?
And many more questions…