#Social Security checks

[gwydionmisha]

Social Security News Round Up Published 3/29/25

They have postponed smashing Social Security until Monday on the grounds they did zero trainings, fired the people that would be writing the program that doesn't exist yet, so... Yeah.

There is a rush to do it as, if the agency is still functional on April 2, they will have to actually send people their money and the Republicans absolutely don't want to do that, hence them aiming for the 1st of the month.

Keep complaining. It's slowing them down.

This is usually mistakes, not fraud, sometimes on the part of the agency. Taking 100% means some people will be homeless.

New Social Security clawback policy starts this week: What to know

The change in payment method is designed to harm the poorest and most vulnerable recipients, because of course it is.

So he decided to not automatically register the social security numbers of newborns, forcing the exhausted parents to go through hoops for something that should be simple because he's a misogynist and transphobe.

Demonstrators rally against plan to cut 7,000 Social Security workers

Please contact your Congress Critters!

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[wyrmfedgrave]

Newsweek: 'Real America' Won't Mind If They Miss a Social Security Check—Lutnick

So says a billionaire...

As for his granny not worrying about missing a social security check, my question is this:

Why is she on social security in the 1st place?

Why isn't her grandson taking care of her every need?

Again, he's a billionaire...

(I'll bet he charges her interest for whatever money he loans her when she misses her social security check!!)

Also, why isn't he investigating his granny's missing checks - that's a federal crime!

You know what?

He's a Republikkkan.

They're all liars now...

End.

[b1deo]

I won’t ever be normal about this again

[godisarepublican]

The Deep State: Stolen FEMA & Social Security money!

Don't you just love how the claim was "Fact Checked" and proven false... like how Hunter Biden's laptop was "Fact Checked" and proven to be Russian disinformation!

[th3-c0ll3ct3r]

Preaching to all people who think some content creator are messaging minor for no reason

aka Twitter/tumblr cross over users.

AhEm... YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER(S) CAN SEE THE THINGS YOU DO WITH YOUR INTERNET AND THAT INCLUDES MESSAGING

(and discord... because you're using the internet to get on there... As hotspots too)

This means if a content creator is messaging a minor in an inappropriate or bullying way (in the UK at least) they would come knocking at you door asking for all your personal information, identification, means of contact and be asking questions.

Has that content creator been arrest yet? Nope.

Is cyber bullying/harassment a crime in the UK?

Yes! Under the laws:

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Malicious Communications Act 1988

Defamation Act 2017

And can even prevent you from getting jobs in the future of your employment wants to look at your social media! Which is legal! (as in they want to make sure you're not a weirdo or anything! They can't deny you a job based on political stuff or opinions on other companies!)

Is messaging a minor inappropriately a crime?

FUCK YES‼️‼️

Sooooooo keep this in mind when you post things online, that the government CAN BE INFORMED OF YOUR ACTIONS ON THE INTERNET BY YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER IF YOU DO SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS OR THAT BREAKS THE LAW

[boxten-a-musique]

can we see a toon handler or human boxten design?

Do y'all fw him

[b0bthebuilder35]

Thoughts?

[ashestoashesjc]

Happy retirement!

[waywardsalt]

back to thinking abt linebeck enjoying wearing dresses

[gwydionmisha]

Originally, they announced they were shutting it because the judge told them they had to stop mining your private data. Stay noisy. It matters.

Ya Think?

So the argument is, if you complain because you need your social security money for rent, electricity, etc. and they stole it, you are a fraudster who doesn't deserve it, and if you are rich enough not to need it so you wait and don't complain you doesn't need it and shouldn't get it, therefore no one should get the social security payments they earned and need to survive.

Welcome to Catch 22.

see also, this is why people who have never been actually poor in their lives should be allowed into positions of power where they can do this kind of harm.

NOTE: I am completely fucked if my check doesn't come. They start assessing late fees for housing after seven days. The Bank fee for this auto-withdraw will likely overdraw my account. No gas, no electricity. My insurance will try to auto-withdraw mid-month causing bank fees to continue to grow exponentially. I am contractually required to have insurance on my apartment. I can't cancel it. I can't drive without gas or car insurance and I am disabled with very limited mobility. A bus pass costs about a months gas an requires lots of walking I can't do or someone else doing a lot of walking pushing my in a chair because my arms are fucked too.

No supplemental food or medical supplies or cleaning stuff or toilet paper or things the cats absolutely need. No credit card or other bill payments.

Not paying any bills for one month would dig me into a hole I could never get out of. With all the staff cuts and closures, how many months would it take to get reinstated? Will I automatically be labelled a fraudster and be denied reinstatement for the crime of being to poor to float all my bills for months?

I beg of you complain and/or protest now. People will die.

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[mrsjdavis]

So, word is that Social Security will be non functional within the next month or two. The Social Security Administration is currently being gutted, with two critical divisions already dissolved.

[illshitty]

Reminder that the election is November 5th! (updating with an evergreen time peg) Reminder that there are twelve days until the election and the next president will get to pick 2-3 supreme court justices, potentially cementing a fascist supermajority for a lifetime. This is generationally important because if you're reading this YOU will be middle aged by the time the last Trump pick (Amy Coney Barrett) is even thinking about retiring. These are the same kind of justices that took away your right to reproductive freedom, made it impossible to regulate pollution, and think presidents should have the power of god-kings.

If you can vote early DO IT. Check here to see if you can vote:

[muddypolitics]

(via My Mother-in-Law Wouldn’t Complain If She Didn’t Get Her Social Security Check, Because She Would Be Dead - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency)

[reynard61]

Most older voters receive Social Security checks. And they vote … in larger numbers than any other age group. In fact, 72% voted in the 2020 presidential election. And guess what those voters’ No. 1 issue is? Social Security. We soon shall see where this latest full-frontal attack on Social Security leads.

The only reason that I can see for implementing a plan/policy that would alienate almost 3/4 of your voter base is if you also plan to hold onto your power by not having any more elections. 😒

[cheeseknives]

I offer you: The Stig nendoroid, it may or may not try to attack you if you can't put it together on the first try

[thominyourside]

my grandpa truly cannot go more than like 10 minutes without making someone kinda hate him