Former U.S. Social Security head says benefits could be interrupted in 30 to 90 days

[Jingthing]

Why?

Because of the massive "chain saw" style firings, encouraged resignations, loss of normal transition training mechanisms, and loss of institutional knowledge held by long term staff.

Be clear -- he is not predicting PERMANENT CUT OFF of benefits. So no fear mongering here.

He's WARNING that a delay could happen because of the chaos that has indeed been caused.

IF this interruption happens it would be the first time in social security history.

Why am I posting this here?

Because I know many American retirees use the income method, importing 65K baht of more monthly to meet their annual retirement extension financial requirements.

So what happens if the payment is delayed for just one month (it could be much longer) so that your next payment is double covering the missed month?

Will Thai immigration accept that? My understanding is that they require monthly remits and missed months even just one are not allowed.

On top of the immigration issue of course the former head is warning people to save up their money to weather a delay.

Hopefully not too many expats are living that close to the bone, but clearly some are.

 

The news story.

Social Security payments could be interrupted as DOGE causes 'system collapse' | Fortune

www.fortune.com/2025/03/03/social-security-payments-benefits-interruption-doge-cuts-system-collapse-retirement-disability/

Social Security payments could suffer interruption soon as DOGE causes ‘system collapse,’ former commissioner warns—‘start saving now’

 

The snopes analysis.

Ex-head of Social Security claimed DOGE actions could cause payment interruptions. Here's context | Snopes.com

www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/07/social-security-collapse-doge/

 

[mania]

Oh stop 🤣

[FriscoKid]

Yeah, I saw that news a couple of days ago and watched a few different interviews with the guy. It all sounds possible. Would result in civil unrest if it does happen in my opinion. 

[TheAppletons]

1 hour ago, FriscoKid said:

Would result in civil unrest if it does happen in my opinion. 

 

  That's putting it mildly.  Many social security recipients in Trump's base electorate.

 

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[TedG]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Why?

Because of the massive "chain saw" style firings, encouraged resignations, loss of normal transition training mechanisms, and loss of institutional knowledge held by long term staff.

Be clear -- he is not predicting PERMANENT CUT OFF of benefits. So no fear mongering here.

He's WARNING that a delay could happen because of the chaos that has indeed been caused.

IF this interruption happens it would be the first time in social security history.

Why am I posting this here?

Because I know many American retirees use the income method, importing 65K baht of more monthly to meet their annual retirement extension financial requirements.

So what happens if the payment is delayed for just one month (it could be much longer) so that your next payment is double covering the missed month?

Will Thai immigration accept that? My understanding is that they require monthly remits and missed months even just one are not allowed.

On top of the immigration issue of course the former head is warning people to save up their money to weather a delay.

Hopefully not too many expats are living that close to the bone, but clearly some are.

 

The news story.

Social Security payments could be interrupted as DOGE causes 'system collapse' | Fortune

www.fortune.com/2025/03/03/social-security-payments-benefits-interruption-doge-cuts-system-collapse-retirement-disability/

Social Security payments could suffer interruption soon as DOGE causes ‘system collapse,’ former commissioner warns—‘start saving now’

 

The snopes analysis.

Ex-head of Social Security claimed DOGE actions could cause payment interruptions. Here's context | Snopes.com

www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/07/social-security-collapse-doge/

 

 

This is called FUD.