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DOGE website says Franklin's Social Security office to close [View all]
DOGE website says Franklin’s Social Security office to close
Written by Cory Vaillancourt
Monday, March 03, 2025
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been eager to propose federal budget cuts that purport to save taxpayers money, but as the proposed cuts trickle down to the neighborhood level — like closing the U.S. Social Security Administration office in Franklin — residents are just as eager to show their disapproval.
“It would be so detrimental to everyone who lives here and is on Social Security or who needs to go in there to sign up or has a question on Social Security,” said Cathy Howman, a Macon County resident who currently receives Social Security retirement benefits. “I mean, where would they go?”
The DOGE website features a “wall of receipts” listing contract terminations, grant terminations and lease terminations totaling more than 9.5 million square feet across 748 facilities nationally. The lease terminations would supposedly save $660 million in total over the life of the leases.
In North Carolina, 20 such leases are listed, from the mountains to the coast.
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https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/39168-doge-website-says-franklin-s-social-security-office-to-close
Written by Cory Vaillancourt
Monday, March 03, 2025
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been eager to propose federal budget cuts that purport to save taxpayers money, but as the proposed cuts trickle down to the neighborhood level — like closing the U.S. Social Security Administration office in Franklin — residents are just as eager to show their disapproval.
“It would be so detrimental to everyone who lives here and is on Social Security or who needs to go in there to sign up or has a question on Social Security,” said Cathy Howman, a Macon County resident who currently receives Social Security retirement benefits. “I mean, where would they go?”
The DOGE website features a “wall of receipts” listing contract terminations, grant terminations and lease terminations totaling more than 9.5 million square feet across 748 facilities nationally. The lease terminations would supposedly save $660 million in total over the life of the leases.
In North Carolina, 20 such leases are listed, from the mountains to the coast.
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https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/39168-doge-website-says-franklin-s-social-security-office-to-close
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