3d ago

Shocking plan would force thousands to file for Social Security claims in person

www.independent.co.uk Shocking plan would force thousands to file for Social Security claims in person

An estimated 75,000 and 85,000 recipients would be sent to field offices every week

An internal memo circulated at the Social Security Administration stated that the agency is considering adding another step to battle fraud that would force millions of customers to file for benefits in person at a field office instead of over the phone, according to The Washington Post.

The memo noted that the policy change would lead to significant disruptions to the agency’s operations and could lead to major difficulties for elderly and disabled people with restricted mobility. The Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, also revealed plans to close dozens of Social Security offices...

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"The Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, also revealed plans to close dozens of Social Security office"
So we can look forward to waiting in lines for literal days in order to get the smallest of questions done. Its like a Futurama skit.
If it passes, there will be riots. Probably outside of the remaining Social Security offices...
- "Let's piss off hundreds of thousands of people with nothing to lose, then make them all meet in the same place."
  Because nothing bad ever happened when the downtrotten realise they're far from alone....
  
  make them all meet in the same place
  Ye of little faith. The next step is replacing all physical offices with a broken phone tree and an "(AI) agent" queue with an artificial wait time of 7-16 hours before entering the actual queue—to deter the scammers and fraudsters, of course.
  /s but that's probably exactly what will happen.

An internal memo circulated at the Social Security Administration stated that the agency is considering adding another step to battle fraud...
Nope. Bullshit. None of this is about battling fraud, and anyway ,Social Security is about the cleanest, most fraud-free agency possible. Over 99% accuracy. The claims of rampant fraud are just more Republican lies.

I immigrated to Japan 6 years ago. If I have to register to vote in person and have to apply for Social Security in person, then the IRS should have to come and collect taxes in person too. not just from me but from everyone in the USA as well. How else can they be sure you're a real person paying taxes?

Forcing people to go in person while at the same time closing down offices.
- Offices that close conspicuously in urban centers but this in the suburbs remain open.
- Of course. It's just efficiency. The only way it could be more efficient is if they closed down all the offices.
  No claims + no employees = no expenses.
  The man did it again. He plugged the teeny tiny hole that let wealth "trickle down" and saved the billionaires millions in taxes. America is so much better now /s

did the social security offices reopen for in person needs since covid?
- Doesn't matter, they're shutting more down
- They were when we had to get my wife's name changed recentlyish
- Uh yes a long time ago

I am surprised MAGA has not just started mailing guns to every senior with a note that Says you know what to do.

Their goal is eugenics. They don't care about killing the sick and elderly
- I don't know about the sick, but the Republican Party sort of needs elderly voters, unless it's gonna do some kind of radical realignment.

Everyone clutch your pearls and act shocked! It’s not like Republicans haven’t been talking about getting rid of social security for years.
- We should get rid of the Republicans. Traitors and fools, all of them.

A lot of people overseas also rely on social security. I certainly would hope to collect something in another 20ish years as well.

The whole system has been designed around getting people to give up. They are just adding more holes in that system.

As bad as they make websites doing it online is going to be basically impossible for most people anyway.
Same for the mail in forms.
I swear the people who design these things personally keep the cartels in business by the amount of Crack they do.

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