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.
That is one of the reasons I cannot vote Democrat or Republican. I vote for what I can determine as the best individuals, though without party backing, they normally cannot get through the primaries. General elections are nothing more than voting for the less of two evils.
I should clarify my above statement. In the last general election, I voted against every Republican and incumbent (where I was not sure of party affiliation). Most Georgia incumbents are Republicans.
MsV, yes, that’s the problem with the Blue Team. They can’t be the progressive party because even liberal billionaires are still billionaires, and Democrats need their large dollar donation. This hamstrung Kamala Harris in the presidential election because she could not promote a progressive agenda. This means we have hard right and a slightly right of center party in America. Those who want truly progressive policies are out of luck. As an example, the ACA, otherwise known as Obamacare, which is quite similar to Massachusetts’ Romneycare, is administered by private insurance companies, which of course need to make enough profit so they can pay shareholder dividends. Traditional Medicare could have just been expanded. In one way Obamacare is a program progressives would like because it expands access to healthcare, but it is also a handout to insurance companies.
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…
I don’t believe the job of a journalist is to answer all of the questions you might have. When Cal Beverly ran The Citizen he stated his number one job was to turn a profit so he can stay in business. As long as he had readership, which he could show based on page views to advertisers, he was doing his job. Since The Citizen allows readers to comment directly on every story, maybe you can go do some homework and report back.