@doot @neil @Crell

It is impossible to use Tor in #Australia to access #socialSecurity and #mediCare. If you try to visit humanservices.gov.au via #TorBrowser you will see how bad the situation is.

People are going without basic social benefits.

#humanServices#inhumanServices #imprisonList #akamai #dotConned

These House Republicans signed on to slash social security.

#SocialSecurity

I haven’t been able to log into the federal Social Security website for over a month because it consistently returns a “We cannot process your request at this time. Please try again later.” message and I NEED to log in to get something done. Anyone else seeing this? #SocialSecurity

@LadyDragonfly *nodds in agreement*

It's also how #solidarity-based systems work, cuz there's no guarantee any of the #billionaires won't become cases for #SocialSecurity or otherwise incapable of making a living with their #CapitalGains.

Not that I wish anyone something bad - far from it - but what if Musk gets hit by a car or Buffet has a Stroke??

@BenRiceM
🥥 No thank you, Ben.
I don't currently have any #Apple devices and have no plans to get any.
I've used Apple devices at work, and they had many features that I liked, but the Apple world is too expensive for an old guy living on #SocialSecurity. 🥥

Just reading an article about #dataMining in #denmark . It uses algorithms to spot people to look into further in case they might be cheating about #socialSecurity. But it occurs to me to ask: why doesn't any propose to use such systems to identify people in need of help?
Artucle: https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-welfare-state-politics/

(27 Aug) - Nikki Haley: 65 Is ’Way Too Low’ for Retirement Age https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230824-Nikki-Haley-65-Way-Too-Low-Retirement-Age #NikkiHaleyRetirementAge #RetirementAgeDebate #SocialSecurity #PensionBenefits #ElderlyWorkforce #RetirementPlanning #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110959836379398415

I had been under the impression that "social security would collapse", but I don't think I ever thought through that there's a trust but that also the program is funded through current payrolls, which is most of the funding.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/06/many-fear-social-security-will-run-out-of-money-why-that-wont-happen.html
#socialsecurity #labor #futureofwork #retirement #millenials #boomer #genZ #genX

Former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell enters Florida Senate race (vs. IDIOT that wants to "sunset" Social Security)

“I’ve been hearing from a lot of Florida families, and they are ready for new leadership, for a change.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/22/former-rep-debbie-mucarsel-powell-jumps-into-florida-senate-race-00112107

#Politics #Democrats #VoteBlue #news #flpol #VoteBlueToSaveSocialSecurity #Democracy #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #elections #USSenate #SocialSecurity #IncomeTaxes #MucarselPowell #DebbieForFlorida

#SocialSecurity Embodies the True Meaning of #Liberty
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/richard-eskow/107383/social-security-embodies-the-true-meaning-of-liberty

A union representing more than 750,000 federal employees warned Wednesday that the House GOP's proposed cuts to the Social Security Administration for the coming fiscal year would deeply harm the already strained and understaffed agency, potentially forcing it to close offices and slash service hours...#GOP..#SocialSecurity...

82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50: Poll
"Voters would rather see taxes on wealthy Americans to ensure Social Security remains a guarantee for all," said the head of Data for Progress...#SocialSecurity..

#BillClinton was the most successful of these corporate raiders, delivering the parts of the #ReaganRevolution that #Reagan himself could never have managed: dismantling tariffs and bank regulations, passing the crime bill and welfare "reform." He came within a whisper of (partially) privatizing #SocialSecurity.

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#SocialSecurity adds 12 new conditions to the list of 278 Compassionate Allowances conditions.

Persons with one of these conditions are approved almost immediately once a diagnosis is verified, bypassing the long wait for #disabilty determination

Always important to include a #medical diagnosis record when applying or personally sending it to #SSA asap after applying. Don't rely on docs sending it.

#ssdi #ssi

🔗Compassionate Allowances Website Home Page

https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/

Don't cut Social Security for people under 50. Raise the Social Security tax cap instead. It's absurd that Jeff Bezos and I pay the same Social Security tax.

#SocialSecurity
#SSA
#Politics
#Republican
#Democrat
#DNC
#GOP

82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50: Poll — “Voters would rather see taxes on wealthy Americans to ensure Social Security remains a guarantee for all,” said the head of Data for Progress.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-cut-social-security

#SocialSecurity #GOP #Cut #Voters #Taxes #WealthyAmericans #Politics #News

@jeff @CliffWade
🥥 Eye don't wish to be the turd in the punchbowl, Jeff, but as someone formerly in the pitchfork, torch, tumbril, and #guillotine industries who now subsists on meager #SocialSecurity, I'd like to politely encourage entities like ProPublica, The Conversation, et al., to increase their donations to @newsie.social, if they can.
PS: Hey, #SteveForbes, if you've got a minute, could you kindly check your sofa and pass the change you find there on to Jeff?
M'kay?
TKS. 🥥

Unlike these #Republicans, President Joe Biden will protect #SocialSecurity and #Medicare.

“The same moral principles and considerations apply to the issue of accepting #SocialSecurity, #unemployment insurance, or other payments of that kind. […] The victims, who opposed such laws, have a clear right to any refund of their own money—and they would not advance the cause of #freedom if they left their money, unclaimed, for the benefit of the #WelfareState administration.”

—“The Question of #Scholarships” by #AynRand
https://a.co/hOL0889
https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-question-of-scholarships/

#Retirement #SocialSecurity #USA

Because of the #RepublicanParty presidential candidates that won't likely be in prison by this time in 2024, I will be putting in my retirement paperwork a few years early.

And when #Republicans say they won't touch social security for people close to retirement, I present to you a wall on the US/#Mexico border paid for by Mexico and their pledge not to ban abortion. In short, if the next POTUS is a Republican, social security will disappear.