History Listory

2024

2024-12-08 Trump pledged, “we are not touching Social Security” and “we are not raising ages”.

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-says-we-re-not-touching-social-security-in-proposed-cuts-to-government-spending-226493509716

2025 January

2025-01-20 The Republican Study Committee proposed raising the retirement age to 69.

https://democrats-budget.house.gov/house-republican-budget-plans-cut-social-security-benefits

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-study-committee-budget-proposes-harsh-changes-to-social-security

https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-the-house-republican-study-committee-budget-proposes-harsh-changes-to-social-security

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/22/how-social-security-benefits-may-change-under-republican-democrat-proposals.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-budget-raise-age-retirement-social-security-medicare-rcna144341

https://democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-releases/cbo-finds-gop-social-security-plans-would-slash-benefits-thousands-dollars-fail

2025 February

2025-02-28 Elon Musk claimed social security was a “Ponzi scheme”.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/elon-musk-social-security-concern-trump-allies-rcna197527

2025 March

2025-03-01 A leaked email from the Social Security Commissioner warned about privatizing social security and adding AI automation to replace call center staff.

https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/here-comes-trumps-privatization-social-security-administration

 

2025-03-04 Trump falsely claimed over 16 million people aged 100 to 360 were illegally receiving Social Security.

https://www.cbpp.org/blog/setting-the-record-straight-on-social-security

2025 July

2025-07-31 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified that “Trump Baby Accounts” were intended to supplement, not replace, Social Security. However, reports also indicated he previously referred to them as a “back door for privatizing Social Security”.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bessent-clarify-comments-suggesting-social-security-privatized/story?id=124248243

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/bessent-trump-accounts-backdoor-privatize-social-security-00484859

2025 November

2025-11-04 Trump administration Social Security reforms will now make it harder to attain assistance or housing.

https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26090916-eligible-status-rule/#document/p1

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-plans-to-covertly-cut-social-security-disability-benefits/

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness

2026 January

2026-01-29 Social security is estimated to run dry by 2035. 

https://www.cnbc.com/select/will-social-security-run-out-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

2026 March

2026-03-10 Americans pulled money out of their 401k funds at record rates.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-pulling-money-401-k-093001697.html

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-tap-retirement-funds-record-rates-mounting-financial-stress-takes-toll

https://marketrealist.com/americans-withdrawing-401-k-funds/

https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2026/03/13/record-number-401-k-hardship-withdrawals

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/12/can-you-withdraw-401k-hardship-rules/89084285007/

https://www.cnbc.com/select/401k-hardship-withdrawals/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-truth-behind-401-k-withdrawal-numbers-people-arent-being-reckless-theyre-desperate-85645e70

2026-03-18 Trump signed an anti-fraud executive order creating a task force chaired by JD Vance. The order focused on immigration fraud, welfare programs, touts a claim of “staggering fraud and waste in Minnesota alone”, and alleged misuse of federal funds while expanding federal oversight and coordination with Homeland Security.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOqdjApDtI&list=WL&index=6

2026 April

2026-04-21 Republican Senator of Alabama Tommy Tuberville responded to Dear Son’s post “Name a huge scam that has been normalised?”, writing, “Social Security”.

https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/2045266805145456922?s=20

https://www.ncpssm.org/entitledtoknow/tommy-tuberville-thinks-your-social-security-benefits-are-a-scam/

https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/tuberville-sparks-outcry-over-social-security-comments-538778

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2026/04/21/social-security-called-a-scam-by-tommy-tuberville-in-viral-post/89715414007/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/tuberville-faces-backlash-after-calling-social-security-a-scam/ss-AA22nrPK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX76omT5ptI&list=WL&index=4

2026 May

2026-05-08 During a Milken Institute panel, Ted Cruz described Trump Accounts as a “dirty little secret” for advancing privatized Social Security through accounts created for newborns, and an article quoted him as saying, “it’s because we gave the money to babies so the old people didn’t get pissed”.

https://democrats.org/news/ted-cruz-admits-dirty-little-secret-trump-accounts-are-a-way-to-privatize-social-security/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5870394-cruz-trump-accounts-social-security/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHWRF5XGjf8&list=WL&index=1&t=144s