Informational pickets at more than 100 Social Security offices across the country, including here in Mansfield, were held Wednesday.

American Federation of Government Employee Union Representative Jasmin Reed and her fellow Social Security employees rallied in front of the Social Security office on South Trimble Road in an effort to rally support to let government officials not to cut Social Security's budget as way of reducing the nation's deficit.

Reed says with the cuts the government is proposing, employees also would be likely to see 15 days of furlough next year.

Reed says people also need to contact their congressmen and voice their concerns.

The rally is what the supporters say is an effort to save Social Security and Medicare from extinction.