Not even kidding: At the Wittman (VA-01) "office hours" today, a constituent was trying to explain the hardship that understaffed Social Security offices had been causing his family. Wittman's rep seemed almost robotic to the constitent's concerns. It is going to get worse. - ThreadSky

subletteweather.com • 90 days ago

Not even kidding:

At the Wittman (VA-01) "office hours" today, a constituent was trying to explain the hardship that understaffed Social Security offices had been causing his family.

Wittman's rep seemed almost robotic to the constitent's concerns.

It is going to get worse.

Reposted from David Dayen

BREAKING: Two sources tell @theprospect.bsky.social that the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration has asked for a plan for cuts to 50% of the workforce, including at the 1,200 field offices that serve millions of beneficiaries.
prospect.org/health/socia...

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richardthunderbay.bsky.social•90 days ago

This of course is not a cost cutting measure. It's a vindictive attack on what Musk has called the "parasite class."

clirving.bsky.social•90 days ago

It's good, at least, that so many folks are coming out to make it harder for them.

annieup.bsky.social•90 days ago

How to keep you from getting social security without saying they are stopping social security. It will be a crap shoot if you get your earned benefit or not. Fuckers.

brienmcmullen.bsky.social•90 days ago

I've studied the USSR my whole life, and this is really what authoritarianism looks like.
Unresponsive, slow incompetent government. They do through the motions of governing, but they are accountable to other, disinterested parties.
Their goals are but governing-related.

jaywyss.bsky.social•90 days ago

That, unfortunately, is my Congressman.

Fully expecting they're going to try to punish us by denying social security benefits to blue states / cities.

subletteweather.com•90 days ago

Was that you today?

jaywyss.bsky.social•90 days ago

No, but if this happened in Richmond, VA then I definitely saw a guy outside one of Wittman's local offices with a sign talking about how much Wittman sucks.

subletteweather.com•90 days ago

It was packed here this morning. This was at his "mobile office hours" at a VFW hall in Midlothian.

jaywyss.bsky.social•90 days ago

Oooh I've got to get more in the loop. How did you find out about this? Sounds like there's a list I need to get onto.

subletteweather.com•90 days ago

Different locations and times across the district. I called ahead of time to verify today's location.

Share widely.

https://wittman.house.gov/officehours/

napoleon-the-pig.bsky.social•90 days ago

Republican's simply have no intention of allowing full, fair, open elections in this country again, so they really don't feel like they have anything they need to answer for.

subletteweather.com•90 days ago

I believe you are correct.

jaymarose.bsky.social•90 days ago

Cut their porn & socialism.
He’ll be out by next Friday.

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