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The dividing line in American politics is basically "how much do you follow the news?" — which can sometimes be approximated well by "how much do you read?"
The people who do are quite Democratic. The people that don't are now very Republican. But the first group votes more in midterms.
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4/ problem you need resolved then it’s a bad situation. And it will likely hit soon at the point of first contact. Calling the 800 number, going to the local office. Many of those are actually being shut down.
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3/ And that’s really the best case scenario. The one “good” thing is that checks themselves are pretty automated. My impression is that there’s not a lot of reason to worry about disruptions there. You can fire a ton of people and that just keeps rolling forward. But like you need forks, there’s…
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2/ with any comments about what’s happening at SSA that can make people scared or stressed. But I there’s no cushioning this at this point. Both on the retirement and disability side we’re looking at a radical diminution of service, help.
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The history of the 1920s and 30s is so useful for understanding today. Andrew Mellon was the architect of the Great Depression as Treasury Secretary under Harding, Coolidge, ✨and✨ Hoover.
You know who he sounds exactly like? Elon Musk and every Silicon Valley ghoul robbing us blind right now.