Social Security faces a crisis with staff cuts, closures

The Social Security Administration is in crisis, and people’s benefits are at risk.

We do not say this lightly. We both served in senior roles at the Social Security Administration — one of us under a Democratic president and the other under a Republican. Both of us have decades of expertise on Social Security and related systems. We know from experience that our Social Security system is resilient and has overcome many challenges. The administration of the programs Social Security...