Is anyone concerned about DOGE targeting US Soc Sec direct deposit into Thai accounts?

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, jas007 said:

Trust me on this, it's not your "property" in the same way your Title II benefits are your property.  It's considered a form of welfare, based not on your work record but on the government's beneficence.  

 

In any event, they normally don't play such benefits to those overseas more than 30 days.   And they can very much do that.  However, Title II benefits are different. 

 

Bottom line: they'd have as much luck telling you couldn't travel with Nike jogging shoes as they would telling you couldn't travel with your Title I benefits.  

 

Musk may get some mileage with the "chainsaw" nonsense, but you can bet he has very smart legal advisors who know the law and know full well they'd get nowhere in court with any kind of restriction on receiving Title II benefits overseas.  

 

 

If you're living on SSI, you ain't going anywhere, and probably on other state & federal handouts.

 

[exant]

 

[jas007]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

If you're living on SSI, you ain't going anywhere, and probably on other state & federal handouts.

 

It's not. only the amount, which is usually minimal but the amount is sometimes supplemented by various states. It's the source of funding.  Title II benefits are funded from the Social Security trust fund and are generally considered a property right by the courts.  Title XVI benefits are funded by the government's general fund and are a creature of statute and regulation.  There's a distinction, and in legal terms. It matters for purposes of my point here.  

[SiSePuede419]

On 2/23/2025 at 9:43 PM, Galong said:

I'm slightly concerned with the DOGE purge targeting SS checks going into foreign accounts.

There's a new Sherrif in town and he's corrupt and he is letting that Doge gang run wild.

 

If he cuts us off there's going to be a lot of "Rooftop Voters" looking to change leadership.  Common sense tells you that.  Especially if they're dying from terminal cancer, what do they have to lose?  He better hide in his bunker.

 

See you at the OK corral. 😲

 

DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead
Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.

 

Years earlier?

The Big Lie, again.

Classic KGB style propaganda.

 

Common sense tells you that people who lie aren't trustworthy and probably corrupt...

 

C'mon MAGA.

Use a little common sense.

Wait.  Oh.

If you had any you wouldn't be so gullible.

Nevermind. 😃