On March 17, Popular Information published an internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo exposing a scheme to end phone service for new claims, which would have forced up to 85,000 elderly and disabled people each week to travel to field offices to verify their identities.
Today’s senior citizens have paid into social security for over fifty years and rely on it to survive. Musk wants to gut it and use our lifetime payments to provide tax breaks for billionaires. Musk lied on his visa application to USA back when he first arrived on a student visa…therefore he should be deported to his homeland South Africa and denied re-entry for a minimum of ten years.
I know I'll be hitting the paid-in-for-50-years milestone in just a few months.
No unelected, South African moron can tell me that SS is a Ponzi scheme and the money I personally contributed is an "entitlement" that we as a country just can't afford, so he and his DOGE goons get to keep it to use as they see fit.
That's MY money that was paid into an "earned entitlement" program sponsored by the US government. A whole lot of folks did tyhe same thing and we are owed.
If they really wanted to "fix" SS so it will remain solvent, they just need to raise the cap on income from $168,600 to $400,000 and viola! All will be well.
Our young troll his been triggered! You know what they say; "a hit dog will holler." And now look who is baying like a mongrel at the moon.
He thinks I'm "not from around here." I'm a former US Marine and I daresay I've done far more for my country than a pussy... cat like young ricky.
I hear Meow Mix is on sale at Sam's Club. And if you're feeling charitable you will send our "friend" Richard (Dick perhaps?) the big bag. Or, if not, we understand. After all, young Dick, er rather Rick can fend for himself.
It's always the same playbook. Some "conservative" that thinks they're so GD special or cute or whatever that everyone will be compelled to spar with them while they use hyperbole, bad faith argument, misinterpreted info and just plain rude and insulting behavior to try to get you to have a "discussion" with them.
Just another butt-hurt booby is our young Rick the Pussy... cat.
So this is the fourth time I’ve asked you to define a Ponzi scheme, and you have no answers. I’m telling you getting out of fourth grade is going to be harder than you think
All you have to do Hannah is the Google what if the limit is increased to $400,000 such as Bernie believes. About a month ago I posted that why is there a limit on Social Security income? There should be no cap. I had about 120 likes on that post but after that post I went and it researched what the effects of the impact would be so you should do the same and you’ll understand why it shouldn’t go that high as it impacts the job makers businesses that hire people. It should be increased but it should be a gradual increase and I guess the same number is somewhere around 250,000. But go ahead and educate yourself. Then you would understand
Do u know the definition of a ponzi scheme? Asking for a friend.
Trump could have asked Rubio….cruz…or even matt Gaetz to head up doge. What would you say then. Not about the MAN. it’s about the task.
Barack Obama “Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about. What should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that doesn't benefit anybody. Waste we should be getting rid of, even if we didn't have a deficit.
Yeah, you guys are great at name-calling not too great on facts or right from wrong or believing the gullible bullshit that you’ll be told by your left-wing media. Turn off the TV stop posting here and you will realize in just a few days, but nothing that has happened so far has affected you at all.
Perhaps you could enlighten us all to explain how social security is a “ponzi scheme”. Just because Elon blurted that out doesn’t make it true. I paid in for over fifty years and now I’m being paid back in my old age and retirement. A Ponzi scheme wouldn’t pay me a nickel after I paid in for years.
You seem to think you’re brighter than everyone else on here. Sadly you’re not at all, especially if you’re just blabbing Elon’s claim. Millions of people paid into it and are receiving earned benefits. I can tell the main difference between social security and a Ponzi scheme and that is the Ponzi scheme is always intentional fraud, it is a scheme actually designed to collapse. Nothing can be further from the truth that social security was designed to collapse. Congress can keep social security going on indefinitely if they choose to.
No, it’s not always a fraud and you still can’t tell me why it’s a Ponzi scheme and the definition of one and it’s really very simple. You can do it in two lines.
Not at all I’m just giving you my opinion. I never said that Social Security was designed to collapse. I don’t think it’s designed to collapse, but it is indeed a Ponzi scheme and you can’t tell me why. Or refute wife I want you to tell me now this is the eighth request, the definition of a Ponzi scheme, and you will understand. MAYBE
Well, it appears that you’re one of those panicking absolutely nothing is going to happen to Social Security to affect people getting benefits now or Medicare or Medicaid maybe you just woke up to remember that 20 years ago they said your Social Security will be out of money by 2034. Oooops. And musk is trying to save it
Hahaha. My poor damaged "friend." Musk isn't trying to save anything. All that needs to be done is to raise the cap on income from $168,600 to $400,000 to ensure the solvency of SS.
Now, that is all the attention you warrant from myself or anyone else in this forum. Good day and good by. You may see yourself out.
Well, a Bernie disciple, wouldn’t you know? Do you actually know the ramifications of that? I believed in no cap on Social Security income but when you look at it doesn’t work quite the way you think and it punishes those you wouldn’t think would be punished why don’t you again ejikate. Go, google it analyze it and list for me. If you have a negative aspects of doing that well I agree that should be an increase. I want you to tell me why there shouldn’t.
I get more attention from the T-shirts. I wear that I get from here.
Fact, I have a perfect one for you, but I don’t think it fits because I don’t think you’re from America.
One T-shirt says America, a country, so great, even the haters refuse to leave
I don’t care for any attention. I don’t care if I get any feedback if I get my points out there and people read it and they think about it maybe they’ll even go as far as investigating it. I’ve done my job. Made people think about an alternative to the gullible lemming sheep rhetoric that we find here.
PS and what I said before you’re not from around here are you ? Maybe England maybe Australia?
Yeah, what a moron. Can you name me some other morons that became the richest person in the world Or that developed a vehicle, the protected you from the climate change hoax. Or that ring spaceships back the land them selves or developed a starling program to provide Wi-Fi service in signal Internet, signal for those and disastrous locations or some of this working on placing a chip in someone’s brain to allow a paraplegic to walk.
for two people on the left don’t get there’s a Trump could’ve picked anyone to be the head of those Ted Cruz, or somebody even worse for you guys like Matt Gaetz and you could’ve said anything about the individual. I think Elon musk should buy Planned Parenthood. Let’s see how many abortion clinics you destroy.
Your parents should have visited Planned Parenthood. The world would have been a better place. trump's parents should have as well. That would have saved us from having to suffer under The Beast from Revelation.
I see you've met our young troll-in-residence (the unimpressive Ricky S).
The "S" stands for shite. That's merely an observation, not an insult.
I won't call him any names. He loves that. Since he's a Humper you know he's got masochistic tendencies. This "blessed soul" also succumbs to magical thinking along the lines of; an unelected South African bureaucrat can "fix" SS.
Mentally damaged and intellectually challenged are terms that describe him to a "T."
Thanks for the info. Yeah, the boy doesn't seem to be very bright, but that must be said about all trump morons. You're correct about them being damaged, and for people so obsessed with Alpha manhood, why do they worship a blatantly beta male like trump? I believe that they confuse cruelty and stupidity with strength.
Do u know the definition of a ponzi scheme? Asking for a friend. Trump could have asked Rubio….cruz…or even matt Gaetz to head up doge. What would you say then. Not about the MAN. it’s about the task. Barack Obama “Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about. What should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that doesn't benefit anybody. Waste we should be getting rid of, even if we didn't have a deficit.
You see how stupid you are you’re calling me stupid, and you’re about as ignorant as a rock. I could care less about Donald Trump. I don’t even like what comes out of his mouth but I love it comes out of his pen. You’re gonna have to deal with that for the next 45 WONDERFUL months.
By the way, AA, I’m not an anything I’m an independent and I think for myself and B I have now asked you morons six times to define what a Ponzi scheme is and you still can’t do it.
You still haven’t given me a definition and you’re wrong but you still aren’t able to define what it is and what it is is exactly what Elon is saying. So let me know when you do any type of research at all, instead of just spewing nonsense, as if it’s another language
Oh, that shit hurts so badly. It just really hurt me all the way to the bone. That’s what children do pal and you’re an adult Forum.
You would trade your life with mine in a heartbeat.
And hopefully you got my message this morning. Trump could’ve picked anyone to run Joes and hired musk as a paid consultant to run it or to administer it. It’s not about the person you idiot it’s about the task at hand. I believe I even posted Obama’s quotes and they were similar quotes from Clinton and gore so go up on your merry way in ignorance and suffer the consequences as you are doing now
More naïveté from the left. I am not pro abortion. I am not antiabortion. I am if you have an abortion there should be a reason. If the reason is your negligence, then you should have the child condoms cost a buck birth control pills cost about the same. We’re probably 30 different kinds of contraceptive you could use so it’s not to get pregnant if you plan on having sex without a condom. In the circumstance of rape or incest, or any other pregnancy, which cannot be blamed directly upon your indulgence, and the child should live. And you should arrest the perpetrator. Love to hear some back-and-forth from you let’s hear some logic rational discussion about this
Voice texting kind of failed right there if you get raped or forced to have sex and one in abortion, no problem. If the fetus looks ill in anyway, no problem. I love how you guys call other people stupid when you don’t even own a mirror.
I’m having a hard time understanding anything that you have posted, but I would ask you to explain what the lie is that you refer to. Musk said ( himself in an interview) that he arrived on a student visa years ago, but never started classes or even enrolled in school. By definition that is reason to have him deported. It seems late for that now, but it can still be done. You cannot falsify your visa application or you stand the chance of being deported. What is it that you find unbelievable about Musk himself claiming to have arrived on a student visa years…but never attending school. He has no degree…no formal education.
Poor soul thinks EvilElmo, an unelected South African bureaucrat can "fix" SS. You'll have a hard time understanding ANYTHING that son-of-the-south has to say.
Come on fellas, what’s the definition of a Ponzi scheme? Why did Pelosi Schumer Obama Clinton gore all like tariffs when they were in power?
Why do they all talk about reducing the size of government which I’ve sent you links? If you wanna get to fifth grade, you should study up a little bit harder
Five times no answer. Here, let me help you. P o n z i. Would you like me to spell Google for you or any other search engines you’d like? Now go sit in the stool in the corner. Put the little cap on and look up the word Ponzi …as in scheme. Get some adult help if you need it
"Backlash" is the voice of WE THE PEOPLE! All of these demonstrations across the country, all of the outraged citizens speaking out at Town Halls in our 50 states, we have power.
This power must be encouraged when faced with reckless indifference that lacks any empathy for all people.
Yes, at times in all this, with so many different things going on, it seems as if it is impossible to make headway when fighting back, but journalism, demonstrations, calls to our representatives, it all adds up and ,at least SOME of the time, it is effective. Hard to keep at it, though, but we must. If we don't, it is like a statement that WE don't believe in democracy.
Yes, we can use our voices and become full participants in the 3rd branch of our government, the legislative branch, and be responsible for the laws that govern us.
Thank you. Without this report, I would never have known that this ridiculous plan had been scrapped. So much for transparency from government agencies and unbiased reporting from mainstream/corporate media. Long live independent journalism! 👍
Real investigative journalism getting real results. That is why corp media has essentially banned the practice. It's making a comeback and you are leading the way.
The motivating force behind DOGE has revealed itself when you look at the attack of the IRS. The entire DOGE effort is a smokescreen to destroy compliance with the tax code especially for the mega wealthy. Why else would you destroy the Accounts Receivable department of the nation
Dept of Greed and Evil. Its goal is to destroy govt services for the many, to steal the money for the few. All Musk’s corrupt federal contracts, especially the recent ones, should be cancelled.
So many questions about this guy! He’s was put into our government not to find Waste, fraud and abuse… but to commit it. He has been able to get himself $billions in ADDITIONAL contracts, government subsidies and has established his companies as an official USA partners for services his businesses provide. To say nothing of our personal data he now has secreted away to his private data server. Imagine the options he has with this… for sale to other oligarchs or corporations or countries.
Agree. I purposely reject X (musk) and all other social media platforms owned by Zuckerberg because they are MAGA. The US government using them as official information to the public sources is not acceptable. Since the government clearly has all of our deepest darkest secrets, why can’t the SS administration just email us directly?
Back in 2021 when I wanted to get a vaccine at the pharmacy down the road from me I was told the only way to make an appointment was with a Google account. I told them I didn’t have a Google account because I was unwilling to connect my Google account to the Rite Aid pharmacy who has since had such a serious data breach I’m still getting emails about refilling oxy when you can’t even refill oxy.
Some entity purporting to be the SSA has been emailing me re: my current SS statement.
In these scamming-grifter days I dare not reply. I'll have to go to the official SSA site, set up an account and look for myself. I guess they've stopped mailing the statement updates and forgot to tell anyone.
Yeah, that is totally unacceptable, social media is not official communication. That's a big problem, lack of accountability in communication. News is no longer held to standards & even mail service is becoming unreliable. The scamming has to be stopped, these people work for us.
Yep I actually remember when some judge told these scumbags that if they have been elected and they choose to communicate on social media they can’t block their constituents from the government messages.
But then we saw the laws don’t apply to wealthy white men so I guess that’s why it’s ok now?
Thanks for your investigations and advocacy. With our government willfully destroying our economy, SS is more important than ever for the millions who rely on this earned benefit in order live.
Please investigate Doge’s plans to replace the SS operating systems. It has been reported they plan to do this in a matter of months, instead of the years long change over advocated by SSA. If the operating system were to crash, and SS payments stopped, it would be catastrophic.
In the era of President Trump 2.0, these seemingly small victories carry more weight. Thanks for keeping the heat on this administration, Pop Info team. 🙌
Not small at all. It's a bulwark. They view this incrementally: first we take away phone service. Then we break internet access. Then we make the wait times for in-person visits ridiculously long. Then we say social security is broken and kill it permanently to justify their tax breaks. In the meantime, We the People are denied even benefits we financed.
Yep this is literally how NH is currently justifying cutting the budget even more than the governor wanted to cut it. “After eliminating half that department we found that department doesn’t do much work anyway so we should totally defund it.”
Today’s senior citizens have paid into social security for over fifty years and rely on it to survive. Musk wants to gut it and use our lifetime payments to provide tax breaks for billionaires. Musk lied on his visa application to USA back when he first arrived on a student visa…therefore he should be deported to his homeland South Africa and denied re-entry for a minimum of ten years.
I know I'll be hitting the paid-in-for-50-years milestone in just a few months.
No unelected, South African moron can tell me that SS is a Ponzi scheme and the money I personally contributed is an "entitlement" that we as a country just can't afford, so he and his DOGE goons get to keep it to use as they see fit.
That's MY money that was paid into an "earned entitlement" program sponsored by the US government. A whole lot of folks did tyhe same thing and we are owed.
If they really wanted to "fix" SS so it will remain solvent, they just need to raise the cap on income from $168,600 to $400,000 and viola! All will be well.
Exactly! 💯👍👏👏👏👏
I don't know why there is a cap. Rich people shouldn't be let off the hook.
Precisely. Perhaps you can help our troll-in-residence (young Ricky S) get a grasp on the concept.
I don't have enough time left to waste it on trolls. Never have. I like to pretend that I have more important stuff to do.
Our young troll his been triggered! You know what they say; "a hit dog will holler." And now look who is baying like a mongrel at the moon.
He thinks I'm "not from around here." I'm a former US Marine and I daresay I've done far more for my country than a pussy... cat like young ricky.
I hear Meow Mix is on sale at Sam's Club. And if you're feeling charitable you will send our "friend" Richard (Dick perhaps?) the big bag. Or, if not, we understand. After all, young Dick, er rather Rick can fend for himself.
I dunno why he thinks that I am interested in engaging with him. Usually I stay silent or tell them to STFU.
I'm really really busy reading and drinking coffee.
It's always the same playbook. Some "conservative" that thinks they're so GD special or cute or whatever that everyone will be compelled to spar with them while they use hyperbole, bad faith argument, misinterpreted info and just plain rude and insulting behavior to try to get you to have a "discussion" with them.
Just another butt-hurt booby is our young Rick the Pussy... cat.
Apparently I am the only person here who hasn't had the good sense to block him. Doing it in 3.. 2.. 1
You GO girl!
So this is the fourth time I’ve asked you to define a Ponzi scheme, and you have no answers. I’m telling you getting out of fourth grade is going to be harder than you think
All you have to do Hannah is the Google what if the limit is increased to $400,000 such as Bernie believes. About a month ago I posted that why is there a limit on Social Security income? There should be no cap. I had about 120 likes on that post but after that post I went and it researched what the effects of the impact would be so you should do the same and you’ll understand why it shouldn’t go that high as it impacts the job makers businesses that hire people. It should be increased but it should be a gradual increase and I guess the same number is somewhere around 250,000. But go ahead and educate yourself. Then you would understand
Do u know the definition of a ponzi scheme? Asking for a friend.
Trump could have asked Rubio….cruz…or even matt Gaetz to head up doge. What would you say then. Not about the MAN. it’s about the task.
Barack Obama “Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about. What should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that doesn't benefit anybody. Waste we should be getting rid of, even if we didn't have a deficit.
You want to stir up a negative reaction that you can run back to your 4 Chan buddies with.
Return to sender!
Oh shit, I haven't encountered this idiot recently.
Yeah, you guys are great at name-calling not too great on facts or right from wrong or believing the gullible bullshit that you’ll be told by your left-wing media. Turn off the TV stop posting here and you will realize in just a few days, but nothing that has happened so far has affected you at all.
You didn’t answer my question do you know the Definition of a Ponzi scheme? Go look it up and maybe we’ll have something to discuss
Perhaps you could enlighten us all to explain how social security is a “ponzi scheme”. Just because Elon blurted that out doesn’t make it true. I paid in for over fifty years and now I’m being paid back in my old age and retirement. A Ponzi scheme wouldn’t pay me a nickel after I paid in for years.
Perhaps you can look it up first find out where the ponzi scheme is see how Social Security is exactly that
Would you like a hint? Not gonna happen until you come back here and define for me what it is. Ejikate yourself
You seem to think you’re brighter than everyone else on here. Sadly you’re not at all, especially if you’re just blabbing Elon’s claim. Millions of people paid into it and are receiving earned benefits. I can tell the main difference between social security and a Ponzi scheme and that is the Ponzi scheme is always intentional fraud, it is a scheme actually designed to collapse. Nothing can be further from the truth that social security was designed to collapse. Congress can keep social security going on indefinitely if they choose to.
Still can’t do it! Maybe you were a marine like Walz.
10 times now asked for the definition of a ponzi. I’m done.
Clue. It has a similarity of madoff….and you JUST NAILED IT.
CONGRESS? Read what you wrote. Which is correct AND WRONG at the same time. I feel sorry for you so…s…….l………o……w.
No, it’s not always a fraud and you still can’t tell me why it’s a Ponzi scheme and the definition of one and it’s really very simple. You can do it in two lines.
Not at all I’m just giving you my opinion. I never said that Social Security was designed to collapse. I don’t think it’s designed to collapse, but it is indeed a Ponzi scheme and you can’t tell me why. Or refute wife I want you to tell me now this is the eighth request, the definition of a Ponzi scheme, and you will understand. MAYBE
This is my seventh request. How did you ever expect to get out of fourth grade?
Well, it appears that you’re one of those panicking absolutely nothing is going to happen to Social Security to affect people getting benefits now or Medicare or Medicaid maybe you just woke up to remember that 20 years ago they said your Social Security will be out of money by 2034. Oooops. And musk is trying to save it
Hahaha. My poor damaged "friend." Musk isn't trying to save anything. All that needs to be done is to raise the cap on income from $168,600 to $400,000 to ensure the solvency of SS.
Now, that is all the attention you warrant from myself or anyone else in this forum. Good day and good by. You may see yourself out.
Well, a Bernie disciple, wouldn’t you know? Do you actually know the ramifications of that? I believed in no cap on Social Security income but when you look at it doesn’t work quite the way you think and it punishes those you wouldn’t think would be punished why don’t you again ejikate. Go, google it analyze it and list for me. If you have a negative aspects of doing that well I agree that should be an increase. I want you to tell me why there shouldn’t.
I get more attention from the T-shirts. I wear that I get from here.
Fact, I have a perfect one for you, but I don’t think it fits because I don’t think you’re from America.
One T-shirt says America, a country, so great, even the haters refuse to leave
I don’t care for any attention. I don’t care if I get any feedback if I get my points out there and people read it and they think about it maybe they’ll even go as far as investigating it. I’ve done my job. Made people think about an alternative to the gullible lemming sheep rhetoric that we find here.
PS and what I said before you’re not from around here are you ? Maybe England maybe Australia?
Yeah, what a moron. Can you name me some other morons that became the richest person in the world Or that developed a vehicle, the protected you from the climate change hoax. Or that ring spaceships back the land them selves or developed a starling program to provide Wi-Fi service in signal Internet, signal for those and disastrous locations or some of this working on placing a chip in someone’s brain to allow a paraplegic to walk.
for two people on the left don’t get there’s a Trump could’ve picked anyone to be the head of those Ted Cruz, or somebody even worse for you guys like Matt Gaetz and you could’ve said anything about the individual. I think Elon musk should buy Planned Parenthood. Let’s see how many abortion clinics you destroy.
Your parents should have visited Planned Parenthood. The world would have been a better place. trump's parents should have as well. That would have saved us from having to suffer under The Beast from Revelation.
I see you've met our young troll-in-residence (the unimpressive Ricky S).
The "S" stands for shite. That's merely an observation, not an insult.
I won't call him any names. He loves that. Since he's a Humper you know he's got masochistic tendencies. This "blessed soul" also succumbs to magical thinking along the lines of; an unelected South African bureaucrat can "fix" SS.
Mentally damaged and intellectually challenged are terms that describe him to a "T."
Thanks for the info. Yeah, the boy doesn't seem to be very bright, but that must be said about all trump morons. You're correct about them being damaged, and for people so obsessed with Alpha manhood, why do they worship a blatantly beta male like trump? I believe that they confuse cruelty and stupidity with strength.
I believe that your last sentence sums it all up nicely.
Do u know the definition of a ponzi scheme? Asking for a friend. Trump could have asked Rubio….cruz…or even matt Gaetz to head up doge. What would you say then. Not about the MAN. it’s about the task. Barack Obama “Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about. What should be easy is getting rid of the pointless waste and stupid spending that doesn't benefit anybody. Waste we should be getting rid of, even if we didn't have a deficit.
You see how stupid you are you’re calling me stupid, and you’re about as ignorant as a rock. I could care less about Donald Trump. I don’t even like what comes out of his mouth but I love it comes out of his pen. You’re gonna have to deal with that for the next 45 WONDERFUL months.
You're in a cult, you half-wit. Quoting elon and moron trump do not prove any intelligence on your part.
If it's a Ponzi scheme, how has it lasted for over 80 years?
You simply believe anything that scammers elon and orange idiot tell you.
Such a little Beta boy you are.
By the way, AA, I’m not an anything I’m an independent and I think for myself and B I have now asked you morons six times to define what a Ponzi scheme is and you still can’t do it.
You still haven’t given me a definition and you’re wrong but you still aren’t able to define what it is and what it is is exactly what Elon is saying. So let me know when you do any type of research at all, instead of just spewing nonsense, as if it’s another language
Enjoy the next 45 months bill by the way that was a majority vote democracy in perfect harmony with reality. Awwwww
Oh, that shit hurts so badly. It just really hurt me all the way to the bone. That’s what children do pal and you’re an adult Forum.
You would trade your life with mine in a heartbeat.
And hopefully you got my message this morning. Trump could’ve picked anyone to run Joes and hired musk as a paid consultant to run it or to administer it. It’s not about the person you idiot it’s about the task at hand. I believe I even posted Obama’s quotes and they were similar quotes from Clinton and gore so go up on your merry way in ignorance and suffer the consequences as you are doing now
More naïveté from the left. I am not pro abortion. I am not antiabortion. I am if you have an abortion there should be a reason. If the reason is your negligence, then you should have the child condoms cost a buck birth control pills cost about the same. We’re probably 30 different kinds of contraceptive you could use so it’s not to get pregnant if you plan on having sex without a condom. In the circumstance of rape or incest, or any other pregnancy, which cannot be blamed directly upon your indulgence, and the child should live. And you should arrest the perpetrator. Love to hear some back-and-forth from you let’s hear some logic rational discussion about this
Voice texting kind of failed right there if you get raped or forced to have sex and one in abortion, no problem. If the fetus looks ill in anyway, no problem. I love how you guys call other people stupid when you don’t even own a mirror.
Wrong and a total LIE. YIKES
I’m having a hard time understanding anything that you have posted, but I would ask you to explain what the lie is that you refer to. Musk said ( himself in an interview) that he arrived on a student visa years ago, but never started classes or even enrolled in school. By definition that is reason to have him deported. It seems late for that now, but it can still be done. You cannot falsify your visa application or you stand the chance of being deported. What is it that you find unbelievable about Musk himself claiming to have arrived on a student visa years…but never attending school. He has no degree…no formal education.
Poor soul thinks EvilElmo, an unelected South African bureaucrat can "fix" SS. You'll have a hard time understanding ANYTHING that son-of-the-south has to say.
Come on fellas, what’s the definition of a Ponzi scheme? Why did Pelosi Schumer Obama Clinton gore all like tariffs when they were in power?
Why do they all talk about reducing the size of government which I’ve sent you links? If you wanna get to fifth grade, you should study up a little bit harder
Five times no answer. Here, let me help you. P o n z i. Would you like me to spell Google for you or any other search engines you’d like? Now go sit in the stool in the corner. Put the little cap on and look up the word Ponzi …as in scheme. Get some adult help if you need it
"Backlash" is the voice of WE THE PEOPLE! All of these demonstrations across the country, all of the outraged citizens speaking out at Town Halls in our 50 states, we have power.
This power must be encouraged when faced with reckless indifference that lacks any empathy for all people.
Yes, at times in all this, with so many different things going on, it seems as if it is impossible to make headway when fighting back, but journalism, demonstrations, calls to our representatives, it all adds up and ,at least SOME of the time, it is effective. Hard to keep at it, though, but we must. If we don't, it is like a statement that WE don't believe in democracy.
Yes, we can use our voices and become full participants in the 3rd branch of our government, the legislative branch, and be responsible for the laws that govern us.
Nice work! You may have saved some lives. Thank you!
I could not have said it better. Thank you and watch your back!
Thank you. Without this report, I would never have known that this ridiculous plan had been scrapped. So much for transparency from government agencies and unbiased reporting from mainstream/corporate media. Long live independent journalism! 👍
Real investigative journalism getting real results. That is why corp media has essentially banned the practice. It's making a comeback and you are leading the way.
The motivating force behind DOGE has revealed itself when you look at the attack of the IRS. The entire DOGE effort is a smokescreen to destroy compliance with the tax code especially for the mega wealthy. Why else would you destroy the Accounts Receivable department of the nation
Dept of Greed and Evil. Its goal is to destroy govt services for the many, to steal the money for the few. All Musk’s corrupt federal contracts, especially the recent ones, should be cancelled.
Department Of Greed and Evil - Joan Friedman, you nailed DOGE exactly! Good one.
Totally agree with you.
Why is the illegal immigrant, Elon Musk, able to influence anything regarding social security? Senior
So many questions about this guy! He’s was put into our government not to find Waste, fraud and abuse… but to commit it. He has been able to get himself $billions in ADDITIONAL contracts, government subsidies and has established his companies as an official USA partners for services his businesses provide. To say nothing of our personal data he now has secreted away to his private data server. Imagine the options he has with this… for sale to other oligarchs or corporations or countries.
It’s nothing less than a conflict of interest.
So government agencies just post on X now and don’t release public statements.. wtff
I agree-this is a piss poor way to release these types of information. I dont even have X
Agree. I purposely reject X (musk) and all other social media platforms owned by Zuckerberg because they are MAGA. The US government using them as official information to the public sources is not acceptable. Since the government clearly has all of our deepest darkest secrets, why can’t the SS administration just email us directly?
Back in 2021 when I wanted to get a vaccine at the pharmacy down the road from me I was told the only way to make an appointment was with a Google account. I told them I didn’t have a Google account because I was unwilling to connect my Google account to the Rite Aid pharmacy who has since had such a serious data breach I’m still getting emails about refilling oxy when you can’t even refill oxy.
Some entity purporting to be the SSA has been emailing me re: my current SS statement.
In these scamming-grifter days I dare not reply. I'll have to go to the official SSA site, set up an account and look for myself. I guess they've stopped mailing the statement updates and forgot to tell anyone.
Yeah, that is totally unacceptable, social media is not official communication. That's a big problem, lack of accountability in communication. News is no longer held to standards & even mail service is becoming unreliable. The scamming has to be stopped, these people work for us.
Yep I actually remember when some judge told these scumbags that if they have been elected and they choose to communicate on social media they can’t block their constituents from the government messages.
But then we saw the laws don’t apply to wealthy white men so I guess that’s why it’s ok now?
Thanks for your investigations and advocacy. With our government willfully destroying our economy, SS is more important than ever for the millions who rely on this earned benefit in order live.
Please investigate Doge’s plans to replace the SS operating systems. It has been reported they plan to do this in a matter of months, instead of the years long change over advocated by SSA. If the operating system were to crash, and SS payments stopped, it would be catastrophic.
“Rapid unscheduled disassembly” anyone?
Kudos to you, the three of you!! You've made a difference to millions of us who are or soon will be dealing with the SSA regularly.
In the era of President Trump 2.0, these seemingly small victories carry more weight. Thanks for keeping the heat on this administration, Pop Info team. 🙌
Not small at all. It's a bulwark. They view this incrementally: first we take away phone service. Then we break internet access. Then we make the wait times for in-person visits ridiculously long. Then we say social security is broken and kill it permanently to justify their tax breaks. In the meantime, We the People are denied even benefits we financed.
This is how they justify their self-dealing.
Corrupt to the core.
We need more big measures like this--keep going!
Yep this is literally how NH is currently justifying cutting the budget even more than the governor wanted to cut it. “After eliminating half that department we found that department doesn’t do much work anyway so we should totally defund it.”
Harbingers. House about to vote on the budget with the #rolloverbeethoven GOP
Thank you for your reporting
Good public-service journalism, people.
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Let's hope, unlike any decisions made by trump, phone service will actually stay in play.
Thank you for continuing to be a beacon of hope during this chaotic period of darkness.
Keep up the good work! The wealthy have NO idea how important Social Security is!