Putting the Freedom 250 Logo on Social Security Cards is Corrupt and Inappropriate

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Putting the Freedom 250 Logo on Social Security Cards is Corrupt and Inappropriate

For Immediate Release
Thursday July, 02 2026, 11:41am EDT
Social Security Works
Contact:
Linda Benesch, lbenesch@socialsecurityworks.org

WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to the Social Security Administration announcing that babies born during the rest of 2026 will receive Social Security cards featuring the Freedom 250 logo:

“The first Social Security card was issued in 1936, ninety years ago. In all that time the design has never been politicized.

Now, the Trump administration is putting the logo of a semi-private, partisan entity, which is widely reported to be corrupt, on the Social Security cards of newborn babies. They claim ‘no additional cost to families or taxpayers’, but the cost has to come from somewhere.

Alarmingly, Freedom 250 has a history of harvesting data, and employs former DOGE operatives. DOGE has been found in court to have mishandled our private Social Security data, and these cards may provide another opportunity for that abuse of Americans’ most personal, sensitive information.

We demand Commissioner Bisignano answer the following questions:

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