Social Security Checks Could Stop Going Out by April, Ex-Head Warns
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The former Social Security commissioner said the system could “collapse,” causing disruptions in payments within “30 to 90 days.”

Summary

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley warns that staffing and funding cuts under Elon Musk could cause Social Security payments to halt within 30 to 90 days.

The SSA is reducing its workforce and closing offices, prompting concerns from Democrats, who accuse the Trump administration of trying to dismantle the program.

O’Malley predicts a major political backlash if payments are interrupted.

Meanwhile, leadership changes at SSA have added further instability, with no confirmed commissioner in place.

  • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
    561·
    1 month ago

    Bring it, bitches. This is what the fucking idiots voted for, let’s go. I got a bigass bowl of popcorn.

    • optissima@lemmy.ml
      262·
      1 month ago

      And for everyone else that was barred from representation? This isnt going to hurt who you think it will.

          • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
            192·
            1 month ago

            I would prefer that all republicans spontaneously combust. Or something more painful than that, whichever.

            I am for the quickest possible path to what is the inevitable outcome: turmoil, suffering, and through that, change.

            • optissima@lemmy.ml
              8·
              1 month ago

              I too wish for change, and I recognize that turmoil, suffering may be part of the process. However, I am sorry for those that are victims, because losing empathy for the sake of change is not a healthy form of change.

              • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world
                111·
                1 month ago

                I have sympathy for the kids in this and the non-abstainers, (edit: non-third-party voters,) non-trump-voters. The others, well, I couldn’t care less about their fate. But we must face reality: this ends with blood in the streets.

              • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                1 month ago

                Agreed. But we’re in the shit now, and the only way out is through. We can’t afford to only have the country mostly break down but continue to limp along for another few decades. If we want to make a real difference we are going to have to change some fundamental assumptions about American society. The only way that happens is to have enough people care to make the change, and the only way that happens is by having a majority of Americans become personally hurt by this situation. We have proven time and again that we have a remarkable talent for ignoring anything that doesn’t affect us personally. So now I’m in favor of big, horrible things that personally hurt everyone in the country because that’s what is required to make people wake up and open their eyes to the reality that exists around them.

                I do not wish any suffering on anyone beyond what is required to make them see. I find it upsetting and immoral that this suffering is what is required to make them see. But this has been a problem for a very long time and we are now at a crossroads where this all comes to a head and explodes. If people won’t pay attention to anything that doesn’t hurt them personally then you’re going to need to hurt them personally to make them pay attention. Simple as.

            • tree_frog@lemm.eeEnglish
              33·
              1 month ago

              Left accelerationism and right accelerationism both cause lots of vulnerable people to suffer.

          • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
            25·
            1 month ago

            Have you not seen all the democrats here absolutely jerking off over the idea of Palestinians getting genocided even harder under Trump?

        • Banana@sh.itjust.works
          61·
          1 month ago

          I like this far more than the “taxation is theft” rhetoric.

          Like, yes, taxation is theft the way it has been used, but it doesn’t have to be if it’s done transparently and used for the benefit of all.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        2·
        30 days ago

        No it’s going to hurt who you think it will. The collateral damage on the other hand will be absolutely horrific and unfortunate… And hurt all the other folks who don’t deserve it

    • pivot_root@lemmy.world
      15·
      1 month ago

      If it’s any consolation, they’re inviting leopards inside their own homes while doing so.

      You would absolutely not be surprised how many Trump supporters rely on some form of welfare like disability or child benefits. As usual, those complaining about the others taking advantage of the system are either projecting, trying to reduce competition in the hopes that they get a bigger slice of the pie, or both.

      • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
        11·
        1 month ago

        They are morons. Plain and simple.

        When I was still on facebook, they announced on the school page they were ending the free lunch program started during the COVID pandemic because the Republicans at the state level ended the program.

        Those that yelled the loudest? The poor (whose kids got at least 1 good meal a day out of this) who voted for Republicans. Some people don’t learn until they get punched in the nuts.

        • krashmo@lemmy.world
          7·
          1 month ago

          Unless they’re no longer voting for Republicans then they didn’t learn anything. My own experience tells me that is unlikely.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    223·
    1 month ago

    Sorry about the needy, but for us outside the US it is high time to stock up on popcorn.

    I wonder if the gun owners under the affected population will sell their weapons to buy food, or if they will use them to remedy their situation.

    Maybe the number of seats needing re-election will rise next month…

  • boreengreen@lemm.ee
    15·
    1 month ago

    Will the ones not recieving their assistance understand why they are not getting it any more?

  • cheers_queers@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    29 days ago

    it’s only been 2 months, and already I’ve lost all my civil rights, my best friend can no longer have health insurance due to Medicaid cuts, and my in laws are just retired and now facing possible ss cuts. i feel like this nightmare will never end. all our lives are turned upside down.