Could they? Probably. Will they? I don’t think so. I think the across the board outrage would be so deafening that they would have to recalibrate. I DO, however, think that Lutnik’s comments were a trial balloon for maybe “missing” a payment to see what happens. If they do, we have to get loud. - ThreadSky

angrystaffer.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Could they? Probably. Will they? I don’t think so. I think the across the board outrage would be so deafening that they would have to recalibrate.

I DO, however, think that Lutnik’s comments were a trial balloon for maybe “missing” a payment to see what happens.

If they do, we have to get loud.

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alstrauss.bsky.social•9 days ago

If I was a Dem strategist, I would be targeting people in their early to mid 60s. They will be ready to retire and get their Social Security - if they can.

caliwaikiki.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yes they will. And very soon. Because who is going to stop them? Congress? Courts? No and no. That money is already gone. And did everyone just forget about the trip to see if the gold was still inside Knox? Never mentioned again. Just bitcoin. Another diversion.

masspatriot.bsky.social•9 days ago

Nah, they’d do it. They’re already screwing with veterans, so why not Social Security recipients? I think they have a plan to break it and/or privatize it. Trump doesn’t give a shit. Neither do a lot of the rich congresspeople.

sandie11.bsky.social•7 days ago

My husband's SS was supposed to start in January, and yet here we are in March, finally expecting his first check next week. He received a letter yesterday stating it won't start until April.

byebyex000.bsky.social•9 days ago

“the board outrage would be so deafening”

Have you not been watching? They’re making it so no law firm will sue the government. No one will represent these claimants.

And frankly, their destruction of the agency will make it impossible NOT to collapse under it’s own weight.

grace-woodill.bsky.social•9 days ago

Distraction. Why are they DOING.

grace-woodill.bsky.social•9 days ago

What*

tessie7.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And I chose a month ago to start ss!!

ruthstone.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh don’t worry- I will be very loud if any of my checks go missing. I have told my Sens Schumer and Gillibrand that I will hold them personally responsible and there are going to be a lot of pissed off boomers to deal with! And not just the Dems.

janetwebb.bsky.social•9 days ago

So what do we do? I think Lutnik has a vicious streak a mile wide.

dlrotroff.bsky.social•9 days ago

Missing an SS payment is going to hurt & terrify a lot of very vulnerable people who have no other income. This is cruelty of the highest order.
There are no fires in hell hot enough for those who support this.

amacatx.bsky.social•8 days ago

The setup is to make anyone upset and loud given the label "fraudster"; read the new "welfare queen." This way, he can say, "Look at all the fraud." He will not have just touched the third rail; he will have electrified it, and that will not go well.

sassymaster.bsky.social•9 days ago

What about Medicaid? They go hand in hand for many.

stealthgirl21.bsky.social•9 days ago

It will be a chemical reaction they never saw coming!

huntergreen11.bsky.social•9 days ago

i am already loud. my throat hurts from being loud. 😇 😂

cnjulia.bsky.social•9 days ago

🎯🎯🎯

stevethomas.bsky.social•8 days ago

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cookie57.bsky.social•9 days ago

Lutnik is so tone deaf that he managed to make people even more incensed than they would have been in the first place. He bungled the whole trial balloon effort. Nobody thinks their grandpa is a fraud. Now Trump, on the other hand...

italianmama2.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thanks, Angry. Have a good weekend.

batti3.bsky.social•9 days ago

We need to get loud over him even mentioning it.

alfalfaromeo.bsky.social•9 days ago

#FreeLuigi is louder than any outrage one could voice at any inference.

gailstein.bsky.social•9 days ago

It appears that it's more likely that it's not "if they do" but "when they do".

festivus1.bsky.social•9 days ago

Is @aarporegon.bsky.social @aarpfoundation.bsky.social organizing anything? I think many people of that generation (which I’m getting much closer to than I’ll admit) won’t mobilize until a trusted source they they encourage it.

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