Yesterday, picket lines were staged outside of 96 Social Security offices in 31 states, by Social Security Administration (SSA) employees, to dramatize the impact that the $1.7 billion cut in the SSA's current budget, proposed by Republican members of the US House, would have on the services they provide. The American Federation of Government Employees said in a statement, that, if the proposed cut goes through, it will enforce a month of furlough days between now and Sept. 30, 2011, "resulting in longer waits for benefits. Backlogs of those with pending disability claims and hearings could reach record levels, and waiting times at field offices, and busy signals at SSA's toll free number, would increase dramatically." The population most affected by this reduced level of service would be retirees and the disabled.
"Well, I mean hell; the disabled and retirees aren't very useful now, are they?" -- Official White Horse Souse
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