The Trump administration wants to close Social Security offices across the nation and slash the agency's workforce by nearly 1 in 8 employees. Social Security Administration is already at a 50-year staffing low due to years of underfunding. and it's serving more beneficiaries than ever. How will gutting its workforce help it to serve the American people? Well, the answer is that it doesn't. (02:47–03:02)
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Asserts that the Social Security Administration is experiencing a staffing low due to underfunding.
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