<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2yaiiV_0zguW48d00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2yaiiV_0zguW48d00" width="1200" height="600" >RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - About two dozen protesters gathered outside the Social Security Office in Reno at noon Friday.They carried signs critical of the Department of Government Efficiency. Or they held signs which expressed their concern about the future of Social Security.Marlyn Scholl has depended upon Social Security for her disabled son, and she says she soon wants to start collecting her benefits.Benefits she reminds everyone she paid for.“It’s an insurance we paid into this,” says Scholl. “We paid into Social Security. I’ve worked since I’ve been 15. And so, gutting it and making it, privatizing it. That is not the answer.”The head of DOGE, Elon Musk has made several proposals for changes to Social Security.Earlier in the week he wanted to scrap the phone service used by millions of Americans to access the system.He has called Social Security a Ponzi Scheme.And many here wonder with all the cuts Musk has made to other government agencies--if Social Security might not be next.“Many, many seniors live paycheck to paycheck,” says Sue Bird, with the Nevada Alliance of Retired Americans. “And our Social Security only comes in once a month. If they don’t have that check, that money in their account, that means they can’t pay their rent. They don’t get to buy food or pay their utilities. There would be more people out in the street.”Plenty of car horns honked as drivers passed by the protest.Who knows if these people and their signs will make an impact on a program that’s been operational for 89 years.But as one woman told me today, better to shine a light, than curse the darkness.A sign at the Social Security office in Reno tells Social Security recipients to make an appointment before coming to the offices.Protestors worry if there are personnel cuts, will there be enough people to make those appointments, much less execute them.</div></body>

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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - About two dozen protesters gathered outside the Social Security Office in Reno at noon Friday. They carried signs critical of the Department of Government Efficiency. Or they held signs which expressed their concern about the future of Social Security. Marlyn Scholl has depended upon Social Security...

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