Social Security Employees Cry While Billions Go ... Elsewhere
According to Newsweek, former executive Charles Borges detailed scenes of Social Security employees in tears due to understaffing and overwhelming workloads. This comes as beneficiaries wait longer for critical services, while the SSA budget has been systematically starved for decades. In 2023, while these employees faced collapse, Congress approved hundreds of billions for defense, including
significant portions of the $14.3 billion foreign aid package to Israel. One might wonder if any of that budgetary magic could be redirected to the public servants dealing directly with America's most vulnerable. It's a curious framing, isn't it? The 'crying employees' are a tragic symptom, not the core disease. The U.S. government annually allocates substantial sums to foreign military aid – for
example, a Congressional Research Service report details over $3 billion in annual security assistance to Israel alone, consistently. Yet, back home, the vital infrastructure for American seniors and disabled citizens is left to crumble, forcing dedicated public servants to tears. Apparently, national security sometimes means making sure Social Security workers don't get the resources they need to
serve actual Americans.