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With Donald Trump and Elon Musk's wrecking ball to our federal government, let me ask you this question. If you were to call the Social Security Administration to try to get a disability application processed, how long do you think it will take? Well, our friend Sandy Botchum, she's an incredible photographer and investigative journalist, tried.
The answer may or may not surprise you, but let me get to the punchline. It's 200 to 230 days. So when they say, oh, we're not going to touch Social Security, they already have. Previously, the wait times were about 28 minutes in 2024, now 200 to 230 days. Listen for yourself.
If you are calling about the status of a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is between 200 to 230 days to review your information and medical records. After our review, you will get a letter in the mail with the decision. To ensure quality, your call may be monitored or recorded.
At the conclusion of your call, we would like you to participate in a short survey and tell us about your experience. If you would like to participate in the survey, please stay on the line after the agent hangs up. An alternative way to provide feedback is by completing our survey at ssa.gov. The estimated hold time is...
just so you can take a look at the prior processing times over here. You can see right here in seconds, the prior processing times, but this should not come as a shock. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are indeed targeting social security. This is top of their mind.
We know that the Social Security Administration could cut up to 50% of its workforce, laying off more than 7,000 people, shutting down offices, big Social Security offices in red states, in places like Alabama, have been shut down. The physical office locations have. Elon Musk went on the Joe Rogan podcast and said that Social Security is one big, massive Ponzi scheme.
In other words, calling the whole thing a fraud. And then Donald Trump at the joint address to Congress last night said that he and Elon Musk have found probable fraud in Social Security. That's his language. And I want you to take note that Elon Musk, by calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme, is already calling the whole thing a fraud. Do you see what they're doing here?
So here's Donald Trump from the State of the Union saying they found fraud in the Social Security Administration. Play this clip.
identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the social security program for our seniors and that our seniors and people that we love rely on believe it or not government well if you found it then where are the arrests where are the doge arrests where are the people with all of this fraud you claim you're finding which would be a crime where is it
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