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Nomdeb WILL NOT ACQUIESCE<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> Filing this in the section, "low skilled Imbeciles who have no idea that they are low skilled imbeciles." How about Musk design a car that doesn't have the highest FATALITY rate of all brand vehicles first, before he meddle with things he he does not understand, and is too lazy to bother trying to understand. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a></p>
𓊈Pepperz 🦴𓊉<p>They are going to fuck up <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> by rewriting the software to make it less functional. To then try to pull the wool over the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> as a means to place social security on the bargaining table. </p><p>Remember this is the last Bastion for anyone making under $300k a year to get a lick of their labor given to the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/federalgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalgovernment</span></a> </p><p>If it comes to the bargaining table they will push to disband it, and what will happen to all those trillions of dollars? It won't be in your wallet, or any of your loved ones, or even neighbors.</p><p>That money will be used to make the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/onepercent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onepercent</span></a> richer.</p><p>We have to stop letting our distractions that categories whether it be race, religion, gender, sexuality, and even political affiliation. </p><p>Together we are strong and the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> need us more that we need them. The real fight is the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/REPUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REPUB</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/econimics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>econimics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/boycottMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottMusk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>Darkow!<br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a></p>
Guill.Jones, Honorary Canadian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> <br>Makes perfect sense, Paul, if Musk's real goal us not to update the Social Security Administration's databases, but to destroy Social Security as a functional part of people's retirement planning.<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sabotage</span></a></p>
mmalc<p>“Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.”</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-security-administration-cobol-benefits/</span></a></p><p>Total Dunning-Kruger, combined with hubris, and contempt for quality.</p><p>I am reminded yet again of this article about software written by real rocket scientists:</p><p><a href="https://www.eng.auburn.edu/~kchang/comp6710/readings/They%20Write%20the%20Right%20Stuff.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eng.auburn.edu/~kchang/comp671</span><span class="invisible">0/readings/They%20Write%20the%20Right%20Stuff.pdf</span></a></p><p>(via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pbur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pbur</span></a></span>)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DunningKruger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DunningKruger</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDevelopment</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quality</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"In a televised Cabinet meeting on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she planned to 'eliminate FEMA,' the Federal Emergency Management Agency that responds to national emergencies like hurricanes."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a><br>/4</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Ruthlessly gut government so that one can seize control of the carcass and do what one wishes with it:</p><p>"Today, Emily Davies and Jeff Stein of the Washington Post reported that Trump officials are looking for cuts of between 8% and 50% of the employees in federal agencies. ...</p><p>Washington Post reporters Lisa Rein and Hannah Natanson warn that 'Social Security is breaking down.'” </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Yarvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yarvin</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a><br>/3</p>
J. Ellsworth<p>Rachel Maddow called seniors fighting to protect Social Security “the new political leadership in this country.” </p><p>That’s powerful framing: it flips the script from protest to power, from grievance to governance. </p><p>When officials sit idle, it’s those in the streets who lead. And it's working.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FramingMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FramingMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeadershipFromBelow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadershipFromBelow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelMaddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelMaddow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MovementPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grassroots</span></a></p>
GuyC59<p>On this Day in Social Security History:</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurityat90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityat90</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/StrongerTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrongerTogether</span></a></p><p> " Resolved, That the General Court of Massachusetts favors the immediate enactment by Congress of suitable legislation creating a national compulsory unemployment-insurance..." F.W. Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the US House of Representatives. <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/h416.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/pdf/h416.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>3/27/1960 (March 27 - April 2, 1960) The sixth White House Conference on Children and Youth was held.<br>More: <a href="https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED078896.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED0</span><span class="invisible">78896.pdf</span></a> <br> <br>3/27/1969 (March 27 &amp; May 21, 1969) President Nixon signed the Reorganization Act. <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-establishing-common-regional-boundaries-for-agencies-providing-social-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/</span><span class="invisible">statement-establishing-common-regional-boundaries-for-agencies-providing-social-and</span></a> <br> <br>3/27/1891 SSA awarded a commu­nications terminal replacement contract to the Paradyne Corp. of Largo, Florida. See: The Paradyne Affair (Pg. 126) - <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/ota86.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/pdf/ota86.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <br>3/27/2006 SSA published its Disability Service Improvement initiative. <a href="https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/cg-778536a2-e58c-44f1-9173-29749804ec54/uploads/2023/12/2006-HearingProcess_2006.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com</span><span class="invisible">/cg-778536a2-e58c-44f1-9173-29749804ec54/uploads/2023/12/2006-HearingProcess_2006.pdf</span></a><br>&nbsp;<br>More Social Security history: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ssa.gov/history/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &amp; <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSAHistGWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSAHistGWC</span></a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retirement</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDeal</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SSDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OASDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OASDI</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> Social Security Administration</p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>28/ BREAKING, Social Security again pushed back its timeline for In-person identity proofing for people unable to use their personal my Social Security account for certain services will be effective April 14, 2025.</p><p>The Trump - DOGE created chaos has received great pushback and is constantly changing, making seniors and the disabled nervous. </p><p>Under the updated policy beginning April 14, 2025, individuals applying for Social Security <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> Insurance (SSDI), <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a>, or Supplemental Security Income ( <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSI</span></a> ) who cannot use a personal my Social Security account can complete their claim entirely over the telephone without the need to come into an office.</p><p>Individuals who cannot use their personal my Social Security account to apply for benefits will only need to prove their identity at a Social Security office if applying for Retirement, Survivors, or Auxiliary (Spouse or Child) benefits</p><p>People who do not already have a my Social Security account can create one at www.ssa.gov/myaccount/. It's beneficial whether you receive benefits or not.</p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-03-26" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/news/press/releases/20</span><span class="invisible">25/#2025-03-26</span></a></p>
KB Sez<p>Are You Attending A Protest ?? </p><p>Get The EFF Guide SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE WHILE ATTENDING A PROTEST</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fightfordemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fightfordemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightNaziScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightNaziScum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fightfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fightfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ssd.eff.org/module/attending-p</span><span class="invisible">rotest</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Now, for any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> overpayments that occur after March 27, 2025, the recipient's future <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> will be withheld until the overpayment is reimbursed.</p><p>For those beneficiaries currently reimbursing an overpayment, the withholding rate will not change, the agency said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An overpayment can happen when a beneficiary fails to update a change in income, for instance. Or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> can incorrectly calculate benefits.</p><p>In an Aug 2024 report, the SSA's IG estimated the agency made nearly $72B in improper payments – mainly overpayments – during fiscal yrs 2015-2022. That accounted for &lt;1% of all benefits paid during that period, but as of Sept 2023, the agency had $23B in uncollected overpayments….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> is reinstating its controversial plan to withhold 100% of people's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> if the agency has *overpaid* them.</p><p>The change reverses a policy that limited withholding to 10%.</p><p>Starting Thurs, March 27, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> will reverse its policy involving overpayments to recipients. Sometimes Social Security, which pays benefits to ~70M people monthly, totaling about $1.6T in 2025, pays a beneficiary more money than they should have gotten.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/26/social-security-overpayments-change-march-2025/82651483007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/money/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/26/social-security-overpayments-change-march-2025/82651483007/</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p>🚨 27/ If you don't already have a SSA.Gov account, you have until March 31st to sign up and get one or else you will have to go into a local <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> office to prove your identify.</p><p> Even if you don't get benefits, you can see your standing and account planner, which tells you all your earnings per year, what your estimated retirement and disability payments will be, etc.</p><p>Don't be a victim to <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, Trump and <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>. Sign up for SSA.Gov today, and Login.gov. Do note, for years it closed down every evening and you will get a message that it is closed. <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a></p><p>Time the online service is available:<br>Monday-Friday 4:15 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.<br>Saturday 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.<br>Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.<br>Federal Holidays Same hours as the day the holiday occurs.</p><p><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2025/03/social-securitys-major-upcoming-rule-change-sparks-furor-concern.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cleveland.com/nation/2025/03/s</span><span class="invisible">ocial-securitys-major-upcoming-rule-change-sparks-furor-concern.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/#2025-03-18" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ssa.gov/news/press/releases/20</span><span class="invisible">25/#2025-03-18</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>“ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people<br>
👉🏼But millions applying for retirement or survivor benefits will no longer be allowed to verify their identity by phone and will need to do so online or in person”👈🏼<br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/26/social-security-cuts-phone-elderly-disabled/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/26/social-security-cuts-phone-elderly-disabled/</span></a></p>
Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!<p>AWOL <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> congress critter Kevin Kiley (MAGA-CA) is whining and crying on his blog about Indivisible holding empty chair town halls (because he refuses to hold real ones). And oh, boo hoo, he can't handle all the calls he is getting from the constituents he wants to screw out of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>. They were just supposed to go meekly die I guess. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501movement</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHrhzm9ya1K/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/p/DHrhzm9ya1K/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Welcome news: “The Social Security Administration said it would postpone controversial changes to phone service and partially relax new rules on identity verification.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/social-security-cuts-doge-phone-id" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/26/social-se</span><span class="invisible">curity-cuts-doge-phone-id</span></a></p>
UC Access Now<p>From Congresswoman Judy Chu.</p><p>"If you need help with your Social Security benefits and are having a hard time reaching the Social Security Administration, my office is here to help. Please contact my Pasadena office at (626) 304-0110." <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SanGabrielValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanGabrielValley</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p>"Republicans who have supported <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> have expressed concern about the downsizing efforts and the caustic rhetoric that could undermine public trust in the nation’s largest federal program and hurt their senior and disabled constituents who rely on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>.<br>There’s a long list of reasons we can’t fully trust this administration’s stewardship." </p><p>MSNBC <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trumps-promise-preserve-social-security-may-not-survive-doge-rcna197794" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/trumps-promise-preserve-social-security-may-not-survive-doge-rcna197794</span></a> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>