{"id":48615,"date":"2026-06-10T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48615"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T18:31:31","slug":"as-mike-johnson-floats-social-security-cuts-trustees-report-shows-harm-of-trump-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/as-mike-johnson-floats-social-security-cuts-trustees-report-shows-harm-of-trump-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"As Mike Johnson Floats Social Security Cuts, Trustees Report Shows Harm of Trump Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a news conference on March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMAGA Mike Johnson won\u2019t show the American people his secret plan to eliminate Social Security because he knows Republican policies are wildly unpopular.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 09, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Security\u2019s trustees said in their annual report<\/a> released Tuesday that the New Deal program will be unable to pay out full benefits by the end of 2032\u2014a quarter earlier than projected last year\u2014in the absence of congressional action, a finding that advocates said underscores the destructive impact of President Donald Trump\u2019s policy agenda and the need to make the rich finally pay their fair share into the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the first Social Security<\/a> trustees report that begins to take Donald Trump\u2019s second term policies into account: A tax bill that largely benefited the wealthy, economy-wrecking tariffs<\/a>, a needless war with Iran, and hostility to immigrants,\u201d said Nancy Altman, the president of Social Security Works<\/a>. \u201cAll of these have reduced the amount of money going into Social Security, weakening the system\u2019s finances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trustees report was released a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-La.) declared<\/a> in a radio show appearance that \u201centitlement programs like Medicare<\/a>, Medicaid<\/a>, and things like Social Security\u201d need to be \u201cadjusted and fixed,\u201d which critics say is euphemistic language for benefit cuts, given past GOP<\/a> proposals such as raising the retirement age<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson said the GOP intends to release a new Social Security plan \u201cnext year,\u201d without providing any details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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