Dear Rusty:

Re: Your column posted May 21, 2025, entitled “ Will ‘DOGE’ Hurt our Social Security or Medicare Benefits ? ”

As National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American Citizens, you present your mission as: “answer all inquiries from anyone with questions about Social Security and enrollment in Medicare.”

I have questions, based on your column.

You say, “The important thing to remember is that DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is seeking only to discover fraud and government waste.”

Question: “When you say ‘ONLY,’ do you mean DOGE are (were) not authorized to ACT on the information they uncover, like letting government employees go, firing them, cancelling contracts, withholding authorized funds, and

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