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gab13by13

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16. SS has already been messed with.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:08 PM

Apr 2

So many cuts that lengthy delays will cause it to self-destruct.

Google what former SSA commissioner Martin O’Malley has to say about SS being programmed to fail.

When someone applies for disability and it takes over a year, that is happening now.

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Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation [View all] dalton99a Apr 2 OP

Trump loves scaring the hell out of old people. Irish_Dem Apr 2 #1

It's not scare tactics, it's real. gab13by13 Apr 2 #4

It is scaring us because we know this is life or death. Irish_Dem Apr 2 #12

correct Skittles Apr 2 #13

Chaos, fear, hurting people. Irish_Dem Apr 2 #14

There was a recent email explaining we all had to re-identify. HOWEVER it came from outside the SS. GreenWave Apr 2 #2

I used user name and password to log in gab13by13 Apr 2 #6

That happened to me at home too. But I didn't do it and nothing changed. GreenWave Apr 2 #9

that happened to me at least a year ago. nt yellowdogintexas Apr 2 #19

Did your email have a hyperlink in it? yellow dahlia Apr 2 #17

i have to delete immediately or take a course in internet safety in case IT planted a trap again. GreenWave Apr 3 #21

This regime bdamomma Apr 2 #3

DOGE lines Blues Heron Apr 2 #5

Musk is just following Project 2025 gab13by13 Apr 2 #8

true dat Blues Heron Apr 2 #10

Lots of unnecessary fear being pushed by some people. Silent Type Apr 2 #7

Unnecessary fear or Occam's Razor? gab13by13 Apr 2 #11

I'm glad I long ago applied for and started collecting Social Security. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2 #15

SS has already been messed with. gab13by13 Apr 2 #16

Thank you for sharing this article. yellow dahlia Apr 2 #18

I wonder how many of them voted for this? Coventina Apr 2 #20