Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down

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The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month, blocking millions of retirees and disabled Americans from logging in to their online accounts because the servers were overloaded. In the field, office managers have resorted to answering phones at the front desk as receptionists because so many employees have been pushed out. But the agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience with these services, because that office was eliminated as part of the cost-cutting efforts led by Elon Musk.

https://archive.ph/ezNjk

[connda]

Henny Penny says...

[blaze master]

Dooooooom

[JAG]

10 hours ago, connda said:

Henny Penny says...

 

2 hours ago, blaze master said:

Dooooooom

We're OK Jack!

 

Well, until they come for you.

[blaze master]

25 minutes ago, JAG said:

 

We're OK Jack!

 

Well, until they come for you.

 

First they came for the Americans...and I said nothing. 

[harada]

The latest Signal message suggests that the puffy faced ringmaster is no longer in charge and the clowns are running the circus. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[LiamB80]

Social Security is the motherload of fraud. DOGE is over the target, expect a lot of flak.

[Jingthing]

The sky isn't falling but parts of it are for many dealing with SS now post Musk. Since when is smashing things to pieces a rational solution to fix things? To the maga cultists, do you need to wait for the leopard to actually start eating YOUR face before you wake up and see something is terribly wrong with these tactics? 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, LiamB80 said:

Social Security is the motherload of fraud. DOGE is over the target, expect a lot of flak.

Actually it isn't. It is a large part of the federal spending though. That's why Musk is going after it as he wants more funding for more tax cuts for himself and other oligarchs.

[LiamB80]

Just now, Jingthing said:

Actually it isn't. It is a large part of the federal spending though. That's why Musk is going after it as he wants more funding for more tax cuts for himself and other oligarchs.

Actually that's incorrect. There's people over 140yo collecting SS, illegal aliens collecting social security disability, also legit social security numbers used by companies that employ illegal aliens to try and fool E-verify. A top to bottom audit is needed. It's pretty simple, you either support DOGE or you support corruption. 

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6 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Social Security is the motherload of fraud. DOGE is over the target, expect a lot of flak.

Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-doge-struggling-fraud-social-132603335.html

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Actually that's incorrect. There's people over 140yo collecting SS, illegal aliens collecting social security disability, also legit social security numbers used by companies that employ illegal aliens to try and fool E-verify. A top to bottom audit is needed. It's pretty simple, you either support DOGE or you support corruption. 

There are zero people over 140 collecting SS. You've bought into the maga fascist lies. As far as undocumented people using SS numbers, that's  hilarious. They're paying into the system that they will never be eligible to collect from. We're talking billions of dollars annually. They actually help the system rather than hurt it.

[LiamB80]

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Why DOGE is struggling to find fraud in Social Security

https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-doge-struggling-fraud-social-132603335.html

DOGE hasn't even been given full access to Social Security, it's tied up in courts right now. They're fighting tooth and nail to stop DOGE from full access. The left knows what they'll find. I didn't read the article from Yahoo either. They haven't been relevant for 25 years. Makes me think you're not American to post a link to yahoo. 

[LiamB80]

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

There are zero people over 140 collecting SS. You've bought into the maga fascist lies. As far as undocumented people using SS numbers, that's  hilarious. They're paying into the system that they will never be eligible to collect from. We're talking billions of dollars annually. They actually help the system rather than hurt it.

If theres zero people over 140yo collecting SS then surely you wouldn't mind us having a look then. You admitted I was right about the illegals paying into the system, you are also right they won't be able to collect from SS in the future. Thats breaking the law. So again I ask. Do you support DOGE or do you support corruption? There's no in between.

[phetphet]

13 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Actually that's incorrect. There's people over 140yo collecting SS, illegal aliens collecting social security disability, also legit social security numbers used by companies that employ illegal aliens to try and fool E-verify. A top to bottom audit is needed. It's pretty simple, you either support DOGE or you support corruption. 

Sure there will be some fraud going on, but the question still remains, if it is so bad, why hasn't anyone been charged yet?

 

 

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30 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Actually that's incorrect. There's people over 140yo collecting SS, illegal aliens collecting social security disability, also legit social security numbers used by companies that employ illegal aliens to try and fool E-verify. A top to bottom audit is needed. It's pretty simple, you either support DOGE or you support corruption. 

Clearly, you are living in a bubble 

Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claimshttps://apnews.com/article/social-security-payments-deceased-false-claims-doge-ed2885f5769f368853ac3615b4852cf7

 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, LiamB80 said:

If theres zero people over 140yo collecting SS then surely you wouldn't mind us having a look then. You admitted I was right about the illegals paying into the system, you are also right they won't be able to collect from SS in the future. Thats breaking the law. So again I ask. Do you support DOGE or do you support corruption? There's no in between.

I think Musk / DOGE is much more corrupt than any agencies that he is smashing. He's clearly conflicted. If you don't see that, sorry, you're blind.

I'm for rational surgical style reform of government agencies. The goal is good government and serving the people better. Governments aren't businesses like X. 

[hotsun]

Back in 2023 i asked why the service was so bad in the social security building, the security guard simply whispered to me, “its the illegals”

[amexpat]

6 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

DOGE hasn't even been given full access to Social Security, it's tied up in courts right now. They're fighting tooth and nail to stop DOGE from full access. The left knows what they'll find. I didn't read the article from Yahoo either. They haven't been relevant for 25 years. Makes me think you're not American to post a link to yahoo. 

Make me think you are a maga cult member. You probably read nothing outside the echo chamber. 

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6 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

If theres zero people over 140yo collecting SS then surely you wouldn't mind us having a look then. You admitted I was right about the illegals paying into the system, you are also right they won't be able to collect from SS in the future. Thats breaking the law. So again I ask. Do you support DOGE or do you support corruption? There's no in between.

Yes you are right about illegals paying into the system. But as for them taking out of it...

How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits

https://archive.ph/TOyl8

[amexpat]

2 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Back in 2023 i asked why the service was so bad in the social security building, the security guard simply whispered to me, “its the illegals”

OH,  so if a maga security guard said it.......

[LiamB80]

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Yes you are right about illegals paying into the system. But after them taking out of it...

How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits

https://archive.ph/TOyl8

Instead of quoting all these articles I'm not going to read. Try to come up with something original to say on your own.

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11 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

DOGE hasn't even been given full access to Social Security, it's tied up in courts right now. They're fighting tooth and nail to stop DOGE from full access. The left knows what they'll find. I didn't read the article from Yahoo either. They haven't been relevant for 25 years. Makes me think you're not American to post a link to yahoo. 

Thank you for confessing to being willfully ignorant. 

[hotsun]

1 minute ago, amexpat said:

OH,  so if a maga security guard said it.......

That was some bit of time before the election when news started to get out of how big a problem it got

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Just now, LiamB80 said:

Instead of quoting all these articles I'm not going to read. Try to come up with something original to say on your own.

You mean if I were to kake claims that certain things were facts you would believe it?  More proof of your inability to exercise critical thinking.

[Hawaiian]

5 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

DOGE hasn't even been given full access to Social Security, it's tied up in courts right now. They're fighting tooth and nail to stop DOGE from full access. The left knows what they'll find. I didn't read the article from Yahoo either. They haven't been relevant for 25 years. Makes me think you're not American to post a link to yahoo. 

 

7 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Sure there will be some fraud going on, but the question still remains, if it is so bad, why hasn't anyone been charged yet?

 

 

They have : https://nationalinterest.org/blog/politics/recent-social-security-fraudsters-prosecuted-feds-200129

[LiamB80]

3 minutes ago, amexpat said:

Make me think you are a maga cult member. You probably read nothing outside the echo chamber. 

MAGA cult member, MAGA fascist. I get it all. There's been many things Trump has done and people he's hired that I don't agree with. I call him out on it all the time.

[Hawaiian]

1 minute ago, placeholder said:

You mean if I were to kake claims that certain things were facts you would believe it?  More proof of your inability to exercise critical thinking.

If you did not furnish a link there would be complaints of no evidence.  Some people are not satisfied no matter what.

[ricklev]

5 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Instead of quoting all these articles I'm not going to read. Try to come up with something original to say on your own.

[stevenl]

6 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:

Instead of quoting all these articles I'm not going to read. Try to come up with something original to say on your own.

Don't read because facts hurt.