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calimary

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21. And what's most painfully ironic about all this is - Social Security was suppose to help us through old age.

Reply to ChazInAz (Reply #17)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 10:27 AM

Mar 25

These REPUBLICAN bastards have deliberately, AND willfully, FUCKED with that, too.

I guess that’s what you do when you’re a Republican. You fuck people up, over, under, around, and through.

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Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down [View all] progree Mar 25 OP

Where is the outrage. Where is the concern from mericans kerouac2 Mar 25 #1

I saw tens of thousands of them at Bernie rallies,I see them at town halls Bengus81 Mar 25 #2

Those are Americans at Bernie rallies, not Mericans. kerouac2 Mar 25 #10

We call them "merkins" - sometimes better known as "pubic wigs" erronis Mar 25 #18

Love the Bernie tour and the tens of thousand's attending. Unfortunately, we need millions. Magoo48 Mar 25 #11

Its hard to complain Hornedfrog2000 Mar 25 #6

well here I am. barbtries Mar 25 #16

Thank you! Some of my family & friends have Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 26 #32

So, their plan is working? Buddyzbuddy Mar 25 #3

The last 2 paragraphs of the article alludes to that progree Mar 25 #4

Yes. Break government so you can spend twice as much money outsourcing function to private equity. Lonestarblue Mar 25 #5

This is the game plan pfitz59 Mar 25 #7

They didn't overpay me a million dollars. Honest. twodogsbarking Mar 25 #8

It is all those people that are receiving fraudulent benefits that are gumming up doc03 Mar 25 #9

Yeah dammit...Eloon is cutting of my grandfather who would be 127 in 2025 Bengus81 Mar 25 #22

I didn't have any issues a few weeks ago Auggie Mar 25 #12

"See, Social Security is dysfunctional. We have no choice but to privatize it." mcar Mar 25 #13

Basically what Bush Jr and his criminals in Congress were saying. Looks like Enron would have got it Bengus81 Mar 25 #23

If SS falls Abstractartist Mar 25 #14

It is past time DENVERPOPS Mar 25 #24

I'm one of the 73M and I'm royally pissed off NOW. So are Republicans at town halls Bengus81 Mar 25 #25

Kick dalton99a Mar 25 #15

My own experience. ChazInAz Mar 25 #17

And what's most painfully ironic about all this is - Social Security was suppose to help us through old age. calimary Mar 25 #21

This is deliberate. The GOP solution will be tax cuts, privatize it, and cut more funding and fire more workers. IronLionZion Mar 25 #19

Just boil it down to: "Only for the Rich". calimary Mar 25 #26

I applied for social security on January 15 kimbutgar Mar 25 #20

You should be auto-enrolled on your 65 birthday with Medicare and ACA dropped if your on that Bengus81 Mar 25 #28

That's supposed to be where the US Digital service helps out underpants Mar 25 #27

Government doesn't work. Elect us and we'll prove it - The GOP Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 25 #29

It's been that way since Ronald Fuckin Reagan RazorbackExpat Thursday #34

This chaos and dysfunction at SS is Trump's goal. Project 2025 planned this chaos. IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 25 #30

Gee, what a surprise! Elessar Zappa Mar 25 #31

If Bisignano gets confirmed for SSA commissioner, we are fucked New Breed Leader Mar 26 #33

I got onto my personal SSA website twice yesterday, it says my next check will be deposited elocs Thursday #35