I'm not convinced this will happen, but if it does, I would imagine that a LOT more people will suddenly start paying attention to DOGE.
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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...
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https://www.vox.com/politics/381637/elon-musk-donald-trump-2024-election-temporary-hardship
it’s all ‘cry more libs’ til you directly fuck w/ people’s wallets
This would be one way that could happen.
Trump could ent pour water out of a boot if it had instructions on the bottom
And it'll be everyone, not just partisans or the politically engaged
It won't break for just a few weeks.
Only a trust fund billionaire and his trust fund 20 year old minions could possibly think "ah, missing a few weeks of SS checks will be fine. Nobody will be that angry".
I expect them to miss some, but it won't be as widespread as it could have been. If only because of the competent people bending over backward to make sure of it.
What a complete mess.
I actually wonder if a delay in payments would be enough to trigger bank runs on small banks near retirement communities that face a large sudden loss in deposits.
Banks should already be raising hell about how insecure consumer data is with Doge trawling through PII.
Btw, this is going to hit IRS tax refunds too for the same reason
That will be the point of no return.
Old folks will starve, their carers going unpaid will abandon them, and the young will take up arms to fight for what resources remain
(rough approximation).
The automatic payments are beyond the reach (hopefully) of musk and his raiders.
at some point the elastic strength wears out and the rubber band breaks