Sign the petition and send a clear message to President Trump and Elon Musk: Hands off our Social Security! Once we reach at least 75,000 signatures, we’ll deliver the petition!
Dear MoveOn member,
Elon Musk’s DOGE (the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency”), only cares about taking money from everyday people to line Musk’s own pockets. Despite President Trump’s many campaign promises to protect Social Security, he is not only allowing but endorsing Musk’s attempts to steal your hard-earned Social Security benefits.1
In case you missed it: Since Trump’s Inauguration Day, Elon Musk has been running around slashing funds allocated by Congress to essential services—like cancer and health care research, SNAP, Medicaid and Medicare, and more. And in a not so shocking reveal, these cuts are not saving ANY working person money.2
And earlier today, senate Republicans passed a budget resolution that could put essential programs like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare at risk of major cuts.3
So why is this happening? By raiding our Social Security and gutting essential services, Musk, Trump, and their billionaire friends will benefit from massive tax cuts and profit from the everyday person’s struggle. And both Trump and Musk are going to continue to take money away from people who need it to survive, just to give tax giveaways to the 1%.4
And in just the last few weeks, Musk has used his platform on X to spread outrageous lies about Social Security to frame his pro-billionaire agenda as a righteous attack.5 Just last week, Musk talked to reporters in the Oval Office to try to convince the public that the Social Security system is full of fraud, saying, “we’ve got people in there that are 150 years old.”6
We’ve had enough of these CUTS. Sign the petition and tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk: HANDS OFF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY!
Trump is giving Elon Musk the power to steal benefits that people have earned. And Musk is using the standard MAGA Republican playbook to do it: Make an issue out of a non-issue, cause chaos, and then get rid of it and claim the win—and this time it’s at the expense of nearly every American.
Social Security benefits are given to workers who have put decades of their lives into their work, and each of those people have earned the right to access the promise of Social Security afforded to all citizens during their elder years. We all deserve to retire with dignity.
Musk is lying about Social Security while he and his own team are getting their hands into the U.S. Treasury’s payments system. Thus, Musk had access to the Social Security numbers of every federal worker and Social Security beneficiary.7 He also had access to our bank account numbers, and other sensitive, private information.8 Enough is enough.
Social Security benefits cannot and should not be cut, and any member of Congress who supports these cuts is doing a disservice to every constituent they have. Social Security is meant to allow people to retire with dignity Congress must reassert its authority, Musk must go, and everyone must commit to protecting Social Security NOW.
Sign the petition to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends so we can reach our signature count goal. Together, we’ll show the folks in Washington that we will NOT just watch Social Security be taken away from us.
Thanks for all you do.
–Nakia, Emily, Amandah B., Mona, and the rest of the team
P.S. We need every single member of Congress to fight back against these deadly cuts to our communities. After you sign the petition, take 2 minutes to send a letter to your representatives demanding they fight back against ANY cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare and the programs that impact millions.
Sources:
1. “No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits,” WIRED, February 17, 2025
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/
2. “Musk’s DOGE cuts based more on political ideology than real cost savings so far,” Reuters, February 12, 2025
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-cuts-based-more-political-ideology-than-real-cost-savings-so-far-2025-02-12/
3. “Senate adopts $340 billion budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda after marathon ‘vote-a-rama’,” NBC News, February 21, 2025
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-vote-a-rama-advance-budget-trump-agenda-rcna192893
4. “Trump Is Already Planning Colossal Tax Giveaways to Corporations and Billionaires,” In These Times, January 27, 2025
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-musk-bezos-taxes-doge
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. “‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry,” Politico, February 17, 2025
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/17/elon-musk-doge-irs-00204579
8. Ibid.
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