By Bob Hennelly

On this episode of “What’s Going On: The Friday Labor Edition, hosts Keziah Glow and Mary Pizzitola, retired FDNY EMT and president of the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees, interview Alex Lawson, the executive director of Social Security Works. 

Lawson describes how 4,000 protestors showed up outside the U.S. Treasury Department to protest Elon Musk getting access to the federal government’s payment system. He makes the case that Trump’s mass firing of Inspector Generals proves he’s not really interested in ferreting out fraud and waste, but wants to consolidate power so he can deliver massive tax cuts to billionaires. 

Marianne Pizzitola also provides her weekly update on New York City retired civil servants’ battle to retain their Medicare, and not be forced onto a predatory Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan—which is neither Medicare nor an advantage.

Work-Bites senior editor Joe Maniscalco also joins the hard-hitting discussion.

Listen to the entire show below here.

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