Martin O'Malley said that DOGE cutbacks at the agency could "cascade into a collapse" of the entire Social Security system.

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and that a lack of social cohesion tipped the Piast state toward collapse. The Piast dynasty was founded in the 900s CE, enabled by an influx of silver likely gained from the Eurasian slave trade.

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O'Malley cautioned that the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) cost-cutting plans for the SSA could lead to its collapse within the next 30 to ...