A new proposal would force millions to file Social Security claims in person. The agency acknowledges the change could cause particular hardship for elderly and disabled Americans who have limited mobility.
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These people are just complete asshats. Imagine being for something like this, wringing your hands and salivating at taking away support from the elderly & infirm - who paid into the system their entire careers. I don’t think any decent Americans could have ever fathomed anything so despicable.
We must shut down the country on 3/22-23 for 48 hours, and again on 3/25-27 for 72 hours. Stop work as you can, call in sick, take 1/2days off, come in late, take long lunches, leave early. We must work stop our airlines, trucking, transportation and retail and industrial manufacturing.
"The agency acknowledges the change could cause particular hardship for elderly and disabled Americans who have limited mobility."..... but isn't that the goal of Project 2025 and DOGE? To create a new level of poverty and pain?
Making it more difficult to access. This is just cruel. Democrats should sponsor shuttles for these people. Representatives can get information from people who wish to visit the SS agency & help them facilitate the process.
It’s also crazy because most of them have at least one child with a disability. Me and my sibling both have issues and can barely find work, my MAGA mother had to harass a business to get my sibling a job 15 years ago
Please understand. Some Social Security services are ONLY available by PHONE. I was at the SSA office yesterday in person and had to make a 2nd appointment because the other issue could ONLY be addressed by phone. Same people, same office. The phone appointment is required because it’s faster. 🤬
Phone people - when I get through- tell me I have to go in person with an appointment, in person says they can help with part of it but the rest had to be done by phone. Round and around I go.
Exactly! It is a system in dire need of updates, not cuts! When I do the phone call for the second appointment I may end up talking to the exact same guy I met with, with the exception of it’s a month away. 😢
You have to make an appointment by phone first. 3 plus hours wait time. If you don’t get disconnected they tell you all appointments are full and to call back later. Vicious circle I’m going through now.
Purposely sabotaging the system to prove your point that it’s broken could not be more idiotic and worst of all devious. Clearly this administration has zero morals or values. This will come back to haunt you.
I’m really looking forward to the elderly maga members in my extended family explaining to me why this will be Biden’s fault. My assumption is it will have something to do with boarder crossings or vaccination mandates 🤷♂️
Don’t forget that it could be Michelle’s fault because… honestly I’ve never really figured this one out but they sure do dislike her. I wonder if it’s because she’s a women? Or possible because she’s… no, nevermind. It couldn’t be racism could it?
Had to go to Social Security office yesterday. An almost new building. Always a good experience with professional help. Two people there shutting it down. Making seniors and disabled do everything online is cruel and unusual punishment imo.
I'm not against online help and phone support or any other help at all. Just saying that shutting down a Social Security office that is almost new and provides a valuable service is insane.
Not Congress, REPUBLICANS! THEY are the only ones that can end his terrorist raid on us. They are his party, and they have blocked every attempt to get him out. Put the blame directly on them every time!
Jon, I had to go to the Albuquerque SSA office a few years back and they had a line out the door and down the street in the desert heat. It took 5 hours to see an agent behind bulletproof glass.
Dozens of windows were dark and had no staffing. Cutting offices means many hours to drive there, too.
I read today that if you haven’t signed on to the new Social Security website (with a newly established sign-in/login information) in the last 3 years, then you’ll have to visit a Social Security office. How many existing Seniors have done that?
Just another example of pure cruelty from the MAGAs. Very inappropriate. What’s next-? No direct deposit, cash only? There is no place for such cruelty in a free and fair USA.
I think half the people who file for disability have to get a lawyer it's so complicated and difficult to obtain. I wonder how those lawyers are going to navigate this system. I think they go before a social security judge and I haven't heard if they're cutting those back.
Yeah, I thought exactly the same thing in the 70s thru 2020s but here we are! The Repubs have been threatening the same bs thru all these decades-privatize. This Criminal Grifter looks more serious?
What about the lack of offices? Where would anyone go, and would there actually be any employees inside? Yes, this is exactly what the fucked up crap they are up to.
Took me 6 years, 4 attys, 3 medical doctors and 2 psychiatrists to get my SS Disability 25 years ago. The process is hard enough and now this. It’s shameful to put these beneficiaries in this position.
As they also shut down numerous social security offices, making it near impossible to get anything filed. Kinda like voting they want it too difficult to do. Fuck republicans
When that the old and disabled have to physically travel to social security offices there will be a higher mortality rate due to stress and that higher body count will result in greater savings for Donald Trump and Elon musk !
This reminds me of a German immigrant that I worked with long ago. He came here after WW2, and had been exposed to extremist ideals as a boy. One day complaining about taxes spouted about aid: “Who gets my tax money? Old people, sick ppl, cripple ppl. Useless ppl!”
Sound familiar?
We spent hours sitting in a jam packed (SRO) SSA office for our scheduled appointment.
One elderly couple the husband in a wheelchair was slumping down in his wheelchair after hours there. His body couldn't handle it anymore, but they had no options.
Dems need to start talking about Social Security. They need to tell people about the shutdown of SS offices they need to organize help for disabled & elderly folks to verify ID on line before March 31. Republicans/Doge are going to deny delay depose future SS recipients of their EARNED BENEFITS.
We really need to form a mob carrying pitchforks at the White House...I am a 68 year old Senior and I don't think being nice is going to get the job done anymore.
I am with you. Such cruelty and then here we all come with grace and decorum. The problem I have is we are not very practiced at being nasty. It’s like the “mean girl” thing. Those B’s were skilled and practiced bit**es. Takes yrs plus they think of crap we can’t even imagine!
They closed the Social Security office in our town in the last few weeks. Our population is about 20,000, lots of poor elderly here, and we are nowhere near another one.
Logically, in person won't be available either. Walk ins not allowed, thousands of employees purged -
the WHOLE story needs to flood the media.
The outcome of this will be devastating and long lasting.
Trump’s policy decisions ALWAYS create incongruence. He and Musk plan to dramatically cut staffing at the Social Security agency and then force citizens to meet in-person to file claims. Imagine the backlog!
I've had to go to the Social Security office in person for myself & my disabled son. Trust me when I say, it's 1000 x worse than the DMV. takes months to get an appointment, you wait hours, and then have to come back because you don't have every bit of info. This SUCKS.
Or you give them what they ask, then send a letter dated far after you had been there saying that you didn’t, and then you go back and they say it is in the file.
And the closure of offices presents an additional burden as people will have to travel farther and wait in longer lines once they get there. Some will give up. They won't file claims for $ TO WHICH THEY'RE ENTITLED. This is the same scheme as closing polling places and decreasing early and mail vote
For an elderly person filing at an office and talking to a person who can do everything for you is easier and less stressful than navigating their website or insane phone tree. Even if you crawl to the office through traffic and hungry pitbulls.
Some billionaire wants to carve out a private fiefdom for themselves, by providing a for profit service that is easy to do, and requires very little investment.
Dem press secretary to update people to what the russian assets are doing daily. You need a leader that knows how to fight. You need to demand dems who side with the russian assets are removed from your party because they have violated their oath which calls for impeachment.
I filed three months ago online and still haven't heard anything. I have called both my local SSA office and the HQ line today and am repeatedly hung up on. Once by a live person. Three times by a recording.
Update: Am getting four months back pay and then regular monthly payments. It took a lot of time to get an answer, but it was worth it. I also commiserated with their predicament. Despite the troubling times, everyone was so very nice.
When people start to realize that these people are Nazis real Nazis the ones that threw children into to ovens that’s what we’re dealing with here so if you’re expecting compassion and empathy from these people, you’re gonna be waiting a long time
It is not the cost of the phone service that they are looking to save- it isn’t even a rounding error. They don’t want to pay the benefits and if you cannot apply than oh well. We just save a thousand a month times 70000.
Yeah, I get that…but who actually, really “wants”/enjoys this shit? - In like, who raised these humans??? (My guess would be - American “Christian” churches raised the type of human that votes FOR this.)
People who think all "real" disabilities are highly visible, that if someone in a wheelchair can stand up on their own then they were faking, and that everyone who can walk and talk can also hold a job.
SS has always demanded that even my hospice patients show up in person for certain issues. There’s no getting around that.
Seniors & disabled can take very low cost or free wheelchair vans through their Aging & Disability Services to get there & back. They need to call their county ADS or 211
True. AIS can help with that process too to obtain a Rep Payee for SSA as well. So can PACE if they are in that program. But not everyone knows this, and that’s why it’s so important to connect with a county social worker.
They usually don’t become aware until they are hospitalized and they have their first encounter with a hospital medical social worker or their doctor refers them to home health where they have access to a social worker.
I guess working where I do, and being a disabled vet has made me more aware to look for these things.
Like for my wife’s grandmother, getting her ride services, and set up for those shopping days. She didn’t prefer to use them, but she liked having that independent option available to her.
The same strategy is used by phone screen protectors that are guaranteed for life, they have a cryptic and convoluted refund process. This will filter out over 50% of claims. Thus a savings!
A percentage of people will not make it through the Social Security filter thus a savings!
In 2025! we are archaic when the goal is to secretly squelch assistance. state-of-art technology & convenience though (AI, crypto) when the goal is loot & grift.
These are seniors and disabled people, they live in rural areas, they are bed-ridden, they may not have the money to travel far even if they are mobile. Just send them plastc bags & tell them to smother themselves, why don't you?!?!?!🤯
Intentional roadblocks is their game. Just like they do to suppress votes. Just because they're dumb as fuck doesn't mean we are. We know exactly what they're doing!
🚨Why, in God's name, do these narcissistic scum want to force aging and ill senior citizens to travel hundreds of miles for a service they've already paid for??
If you’ve ever been to the social security office (I had to go after my husband passed away), you know that this is beyond cruel and unusual. They will be there all day.
So let’s close offices all over the country but now make it mandatory to show up in person at an office hundreds of miles from your house huh ? This is the plan? What if you’re ill & don’t drive ? For crying out loud we pay into this system for decades without getting an opt out option
Oh ffs. What is the point of the phone and technology. They are disgusting. We need to file suit against e lawn. Ultra vires. He relocated Tesla incorporation to Texas in 2024 and that was a stupid mistake.
For this outrageous reduction to our social security trust, I think we should visit the White House for a tour to air our concerns about such an attack! Peace ☮️
Would they REALLY like to see millions of people with late stage Alzheimer’s wheeled into their building and waiting in line? How about people with schizophrenia? Those awaiting heart transplants? Those currently working overseas - will you pay for their tickets to fly home for this shit?
You have to make an appointment by phone first. 3 plus hours wait time. If you don’t get disconnected they tell you all appointments are full and to call back later. Vicious circle I’m going through now.
Democrats need to start organizing now to help elderly and disabled people obtain or regain their social security benefits when this happens. And let the entire country know every day that Trump/Musk/Republican Party took social security away
And for expats. I've been receiving Soc Security for about 10 years now but in order to receive the backpay for a year of the % taken by GPO/WEP, I have to open an account at the Soc Sec website... and I need a US address and phone, which I do not have. Cute, isn't it?
Oh, probably. PLUS, I write gay romance. NO intention of going over the border again until the fascists are sent packing so it may be the rest of my life. But better on the Canada side, I think.
When one of Dubya's gang was talking about keeping Gitmo prisoners unfed & awake (a Geneva con. war crime) & then messing with them by giving them a high-carb meal to make them 'relaxed' and groggy... & the CNN chick was nodding & smiling as if it was a joke - I said to my wife, "we need to leave."
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My SS office doesn’t accept walk-ins; You have to call to make an appointment.
Since BEFORE these cuts, I have been trying *for weeks* to get through. Each time I’m placed on hold until the music eventually ends and my call is disconnected.
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It’s utterly despicable, especially for a party of so-called “Christians”.
And they are requiring people go to offices.
Does anyone see the disconnect here?
This is a Sadist dream!
Trump and Elon are both Sadist at their core.
The closures are focused - at least for the moment - in the South/Southeast, aka the reddest part of the country.
Congrats, MAGA - you played yourself again.
You tell me
It’s not as though the process was streamlined before. Services will be next to nonexistent, the ultimate goal.
Dozens of windows were dark and had no staffing. Cutting offices means many hours to drive there, too.
Because, as always, cruelty is the point.
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So you have to file a claim in person, but the office is closed.
Good trick Trump.
These people are not only cruel to people - I can damn well bet they kick animals too!
I seriously can't wait till they ALL get what they deserve... and not just dirt thrown in their faces!
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Sound familiar?
One elderly couple the husband in a wheelchair was slumping down in his wheelchair after hours there. His body couldn't handle it anymore, but they had no options.
These people are just mean
It's one of the topics on 5 Calls & has updated info as of 3/19.
ANYONE who can, make that call and tell 5 friends.
https://5calls.org/
the WHOLE story needs to flood the media.
The outcome of this will be devastating and long lasting.
I've had to go to the Social Security office in person for myself & my disabled son. Trust me when I say, it's 1000 x worse than the DMV. takes months to get an appointment, you wait hours, and then have to come back because you don't have every bit of info. This SUCKS.
And to assist Trump murder, doctors joined in to help kill the vulnerable by refusing to mask or require masking.
People need to interact with people in person. Its human. Its mammals. It's the way we are designed. It's healthy.
Have a national car pool in place asap to take anyone who needs a ride to an office.
Idiot in Charge!
Planned human obsolescence
Seniors & disabled can take very low cost or free wheelchair vans through their Aging & Disability Services to get there & back. They need to call their county ADS or 211
That can negate certain required in-person interactions.
Like senior shopping days.
Like for my wife’s grandmother, getting her ride services, and set up for those shopping days. She didn’t prefer to use them, but she liked having that independent option available to her.
Nothing.
The same strategy is used by phone screen protectors that are guaranteed for life, they have a cryptic and convoluted refund process. This will filter out over 50% of claims. Thus a savings!
A percentage of people will not make it through the Social Security filter thus a savings!
WILL
You will need 2 visits: One to schedule an appt & then the visit, assuming you do not need to return. The web does not work for scheduling.
I suggest each person who has a SSA need, contact the local office of House Rep first and then notify both Senators that you requested help
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This would all STOP if they objected. Treat them accordingly!
They are becoming the enemy.
You get to be pestered to buy insurance plus it's a vehicle for the travel industry. so you hear about all the trips you can take...
And BTW, you keep getting these privileges after you stop being a member.
No more renewing after this year.
This is a good question. What say you?
🚨Why, in God's name, do these narcissistic scum want to force aging and ill senior citizens to travel hundreds of miles for a service they've already paid for??
Social Security is an #EarnedBenefit.
Stop the cruelty.
Nazi logic at its finest.
We need more pushback on the right wing propagandists!
Get the word out everywhere to everyone…even TikTok!!
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Do you know someone personally who you could try to convince to vote otherwise?
Until this question is answered, the rest of us are stuck in this political two-step dance we find ourselves locked into.
It's not their money, they didn't earn it.
They can fuck off.
Trump was Golfing while Wildfires raged in the Carolinas.
And, Trump Gloated about Winning a Golf Tournament-WHILE Tornadoes Killed People-In MAGA States.
Since BEFORE these cuts, I have been trying *for weeks* to get through. Each time I’m placed on hold until the music eventually ends and my call is disconnected.