By Robert Nuese
Dear Commissioner Frank Bisignano,
I received your letter. It looked like an official Social Security Administration (SSA) communique, but I could see it was not from the institution that, as you say, “For nearly 90 years … has been a cornerstone of economic security for older Americans.”
So, it must have come from you, Commissioner.
I’d like to explain how the many astoundingly bad measures in “The One Big Beautiful Bill” will hurt Americans; how loss of health care for 17 million Americans will damage the health of the entire nation; how loss of food assistance, for millions of children who depend on it, will hurt them through their entire lives; how increasing the federal deficit by $4 trillion, without investing that money in benefits for most citizens, will mean less prosperity for all but a microscopic minority; how the tax changes, sold as beneficial to everyone, give less than $300 savings to a family earning under $50,000 a year, but give $90,000 to those with $1 million annual income.
It would take many pages to debunk the many lies inherent in your ludicrous claim that the bill will provide “… meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation’s economy.” But the truth is simple. The bill will cause a colossal shift of wealth from regular folks to the super wealthy, and an overall impoverishment and sickening of our nation.
Your fraudulent letter confirms you don’t intend to do the job the American people have given you. That job can only be done by someone with thorough expertise in the field, and a passion to serve and protect our fellow Americans. You have neither. You only have the competence to do the job you’ve really been assigned: destroy Social Security.
There is only one way that you can say, “Social Security remains committed to providing timely, accurate information to the public and will continue working … to ensure beneficiaries understand how this legislation may affect them.” That is that you are lying.
Robert Nuese is a retired general/electrical contractor who receives Social Security in Graton.
