It's me, I'm some children. At age 15, I started getting a small survivors benefit in 1980 when my mom died. I also received Medicaid for my medical needs, thankfully. With no father around, I was essentially orphaned. This matters.
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My heart hurts for you and all the "some children". My mom was widowed with four of us under five years of age. We relied on survivor benefits to supplement her low wage job when she had to go back to work. The apathy of this administration borders on pyschotic. Call your Senators & Representative!
My BF's 2 children received Survivors Benefits following the death of their father, who died at age 47 as a result of his company going under in the 2008 crash and his lack of access to healthcare during 2 years of subsequent unemployment. His commitment to preventing foreclosure cost his life.
These children are paid the survivor benefits ONLY if the deceased parent contributed! Paid in! You are not giving us a hand out, you are returning the money WE HAVE ALREADY PAID IN. We had a deal, you made a promise.
TY for sharing your story. Your strength & resilience are truly inspiring. It’s not easy to navigate such challenges, but you’ve shown incredible courage. You matter, & your journey speaks to the importance of support systems like Medicaid and survivor benefits. 🌷💙💙💙🌷
I was one of those children when my father died at 8. My mother was a stay at home mom who did not drive. We would have been f**ked to pardon my language if we did not have this. It's the right thing to do if someone dies and doesn't get to use their social security.
Eid Mubarak, my friend! 🌙💖 Despite everything, we celebrate with hope. I wish you a peaceful and joyful Eid. 🎀💐 If you could send me a little gift, it would make my day brighter! 🎁
The pro-life party: we care about you deeply whilst you’re in someone else’s body and the size of a bean, but once you’re out, you’re on your own kiddo! Unless you can come and work the farm straightaway…
That’s why they are so against it because they know the people will rise up and crush them if they knew all the truth! Just because politicians want power and most just want to make money off of the public!
This benefit touches many in this nation
& it is the poor and working class that benefit most
If a millionaire dies the kids are alright
If a 34 year old father or mother bread winner suddenly dies &Medicaid is gone the children are destitute
If medicaid benefitted the rich it'd be strengthened
I teach high school and anytime it comes up (while I'm teaching about Social Security during The New Deal) I usually have at least one student who gets this. I don't ask directly. Kids volunteer that they get it, so it's probably higher.
My father died of cancer when I was very young. I received social security death benefits until I was 16. When you’re in a situation like that, every little bit helps.
My dad was in the Air Force and was killed in an accident on his base in Greenland. I was 10 months old. My mom remarried a disabled vet who adopted me. He died when I was 18. I received benefits from both. It enabled me to be able to pay for college. Very sad yet very grateful.
That's the problem with right whingers. They firmly believe that money should be the property of the rich & no one else. In their deranged world, if someone needs benefits then it's their own fault.
✋ It's me, I'm some children also. In 1960, when I was 11, my father died. I was the youngest of 3 children. Survivor benefits were essential for us. The next year, my mother got a job as a bank teller, my grandparents moved in & contributed their SS benefits & we survived together.
About 245,000 kids in the US lost one or both parents to Covid alone. I don’t understand people who don’t want to help care for other people’s needs, especially children who have lost parents.
The depth of dishonor of the current POTUS, VP and minions has no bottom. A stain on their honor, their families, their party, their communities and our nation. What does it say about us that we elected a convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies and failed relationships. sad!
My father died 2 months before I was born. I had three siblings, each 18 months apart. My mother had a mental breakdown. If not for SS Survivor and Veterans benefits we would have been homeless. It also is the only reason I could afford a Community College degree. I started working at 14. I'm 69.
My husband passed at 38 leaving a7 & 4 yr old. He’d worked since 16 & college educated police officer since 23. His SS benefits for 2 kids was less than 1/2 his annual income. But it was HIS money to leave if he couldn’t collect. He paid into it.
I was 14 when my mom died and received survivor benefits; Regan changed some rules my senior year in high school and I lost my benefits upon graduation.
My dad passed when I was 12 and my brother was 9. We would have been homeless if not for SS survivor benefits. Fuck Trump and fuck elon. And all of those other asshole who want to cut those benefits. They are EARNED benfits.
Just here to say that as an American, this is what I want: I want our children, ALL our children, taken care of in this way. What is a country if not a group of individuals working together for the benefit of ALL.
I’m “some children,” too—was 4 when my dad died, and the benefits my brother and I received were a lifeline for my mom. The Republican Party is partly built on the lie that anyone who relies on government assistance is a lazy grifter, which reflects the cruelest of bias and ignorance.
Me too, I got survivor benefits. My mother worked during her not long enough life, and earned those benefits for us. My father used it to help take care of my brother and me when our mother passed away at 39.
Eldon thought SBA meant “small business loan,” not “Survivor’s Benefit Allowance.” So he told America it was fraud to give 11YOs small business loans and ended the payments. That’s how clueless he and his Merry Little Band are.
I am sorry that you lost your mother at aged 15. I am angry when I read or hear about fathers not being around. I have been married >26 years, 18 year old daughter, cat I am allergic to, I am here. I love my wife and daughter, even the cat that I am allergic to. Who the hell throws that all away?
1979 my dad passed. My mom was a "housewife" as she hadn't worked since she had my older sister.(1964)
We wouldn't have survived as well without the survivers benefit my father paid into. So I feel this on a very real level , Monica. Double it up with it's *our* money to begin with. Musk must go!
I did as well in the '70s when my father died.
This admin needs to be removed. Musk needs to be seen as a traitor to the American people as does Trump.
There's more than enough evidence.
The Social Security survivor benefits proves their lies about Covid. They did the same thing after they lied for years about AIDS. They tried to take away Social Security survivor, benefits because that’s one number they can’t lie about because the checks are going out.
My father died when I was fifteen and I received survivor’s benefits. My father paid into social security his whole life. How cruel do you have to be, republicans?
My best friend's dad and brother were killed in a car when hit by a drunk driver. There were five other children. All of them and their mother were injured. It took several years before everyone was healed. They only survived because of SS survivors benefits.
We have a niece 14, her father passed away 3 years ago. If she didn't receive Survivors Benefits, her mother would struggle more. Obviously her father paid into the SS system, and her mother currently pays into the system. Is this who DOGE "thinks" of as fraud?
Right now you can't even sign in to the SS website - the login boxes were removed. This is not a "glitch". What the actual fuck is the Space Nazi up to???
Without Social Security Disability, my family of 4-my dad a WWII veteran, sister 12,mom&me 10 would have been homeless. Friends in UT said to me once at lunch:why didn’t your mother just go work? Why did you need taxpayers to feed you?I paid back WAY more than we ever took but was still so ashamed.
Taxpayers didn't pay you. Your father paid for you, both by his service and paying into the system.
The intent of the Survivors benefits was to keep families together when one or both parents pass away. Otherwise, children would have gone into the foster system, at a time they need their family
My dad became terminally ill when I was 10 and died when I was 17. At that time survivor’s benefit lasted through college since we valued education. Reagan&GOP stopped the benefits at 18&no one was grandfatherered.If we’re in college,your benefits stopped. The GOP have been MAGATs for a LONG time
My father, brother, and uncle died on March 11, 1964 in the same accident. I turned 9 the week before. My mom got Social Security and a small Veteran’s benefit for my mom, my little sister, and me. That’s all we had until I joined the Army at 17. That money saved our lives.
Yup, that's what that dumbass BILLIONAIRE said. He said his mom in-law wouldn't even call SSA if her check didn't appear, but 73,000,000 other Americans need their check
Hey dumbass, you are a BILLIONAIRE, your mom in law is NOT dependent upon her SS check.
My husband died in December, my son is 15 years old. The moment that I knew Donald Trump was elected I didn't even bother to go for my son's social security benefits because I knew this was going to happen.
They are pure evil . Every child deserves to have the benefits.
They better not dare take away the benefits for these innocent children. It’s just heartbreaking.
And he paid into it -never to be able to collect himself. It’s OUR benefits & we should be able to leave them for our minor children should we die early.
Same for me and my siblings. Dad died when I was 14. He was the sole breadwinner which was common in the 1960s. Mom went to work a year later. Those benefits mattered.
Oh, that’s an easy one! Look to Bobo, the clown who’s running the White House. Dictator wannabe. I feel sorry for people that wanna hurt other people or rule over them. I don’t know what kind of gratification that would give somebody. There’s something wrong with them. I’d rather help than hurt.
Does anyone actually believe Elon cares about anyone less fortunate or who has lost parents early in life.
His just kept him out of the South African military...didn't even lie & claim he has bone spurs... since he could have them removed & never miss the cash spent ...
Hugs, Monica, I’m so sorry you were on your own. My mom and also lost her dad at a young age. Pretty sure it helped them survive as a family until my grandma could get a job.
I was a teen when I lost my dad. It was dire. Social Security's survivors benefits and my mom's benefits as a widow kept us out of poverty. Dad died in active duty so we also had access to the Survivors' and Dependents' Assistance Program: 45 months of educational benefits that changed our lives.
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The SS helped our mother during a very difficult time. I'm grateful it was in place.
Now, MAGA and Non-MAGA, MUST Stand Together, To Save America.
ALL #American Families Know Someone Who
1) Depends On Social Security Checks, and/or 2) Has A Family Member With Special Needs.
TOGETHER - ALL AMERICANS NEED TO "VOTE U.S. BACK"!
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& it is the poor and working class that benefit most
If a millionaire dies the kids are alright
If a 34 year old father or mother bread winner suddenly dies &Medicaid is gone the children are destitute
If medicaid benefitted the rich it'd be strengthened
Trump gets a hard-on when he knows he’s killing people.
Thank you for sharing 💙
Save SS for seniors and survivors!
... Kidding ... 😋
They equate fear with respect.
They don't care. They don't care. They don't care.
#RebulicanNaziParty
#TrumpTraitor
#DOGE is SS
We wouldn't have survived as well without the survivers benefit my father paid into. So I feel this on a very real level , Monica. Double it up with it's *our* money to begin with. Musk must go!
This admin needs to be removed. Musk needs to be seen as a traitor to the American people as does Trump.
There's more than enough evidence.
It’s not anyone else’s money to do anything with. Except steal it, which it what hey want to do.
Letting people retire reduces the workforce available to the oligarchs.
Leaving desperate family members means they’ll take on more work to protect their families.
We need to stop this stupidity.
Parasites. That's what we are to these monsters.
The intent of the Survivors benefits was to keep families together when one or both parents pass away. Otherwise, children would have gone into the foster system, at a time they need their family
They closed down USAID and we watch thousands die of starvation.
Accept that you are seeing Nazis in action and it becomes more understandable. Their actions are no less evil.
Hey dumbass, you are a BILLIONAIRE, your mom in law is NOT dependent upon her SS check.
no words except death penalty.
They better not dare take away the benefits for these innocent children. It’s just heartbreaking.
His just kept him out of the South African military...didn't even lie & claim he has bone spurs... since he could have them removed & never miss the cash spent ...