You all dont get it, they're not going to cut Social Security, they're going to take a cut of it. It is no mistake that Musk is going after the actual payment system. He is going to try and force all government payments to individuals (and maybe all other payments too) onto X.
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I agree 100%. "X the everything app" being a bank was one of his first goals way before he bought Twitter. He actively tried and failed.
Oh, exterminator, finally! Start over by the ficus.
Listen to this guy 'cos he ain't fucking wrong. It's grifts, all the way down.
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It takes a lot longer to sue than to copy a database.
Months vs minutes for a table that size.
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If the DogeBags end up fucking with nearly everyone's Social Security....they have not really thought this through.
This country is armed to the teeth, and if some of those armed, and crazy, people realize that YOU are one of the people directly responsible for fucking with their lifeline (we are not talking about some faceless, byzantine bureaucracy here, we are talking about idiot fElon, his DogeBags, and their asinine "move fast and break things" mentality), well....let's just say it might end very badly.
All of these people, including the incel DogeBags, probably have a lot of security detail. But that security has to work 100% of the time. The crazies only need to be successful once...
Nah, the armed brainwashed masses will blame the libs and brown people and continue to suck Elon and trumps knobby dicks
Oh, I'm sure quite a few that are glued to their Outrage Industrial Complex will do that, but all it takes is just a few to realize that donvict put fElon and his DogeBags in there to fuck up their social security (or Medicare. or Medicaid) payments.
Even if only a tiny, tiny fraction of them realize just exactly who is to blame for such a scenario....again, it's not some faceless organization that would have done this; they have names.
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It doesn't even have to be the "crazies". I'm a sweetheart of a guy, but fuck with my money, and I will go straight-up gangster on a motherfucker.
I paid into the system my entire working life. It's mine.
and crazy, people realize that YOU are one of the people directly responsible for fucking with their lifeline
Theb they shoukd shoot themselves for supporting the idiot with a vote.
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Funny how Musk doesn't seem in a hurry to go after the IRS or the DHS...
The IRS is no threat to him personally, since the Republicans have ensured that it doesn't have the funding to go after the BIG tax dodgers like himself.
As for the DHS, ICE SHOULD be a threat to him since he broke visa rules and as such is technically in the country illegally, but that would require for the law to apply to politically connected billionaires..
Unfortunate news for you. The IRS falls under the US Treasury. They've already got it.
Hope he doesn't. I'm afraid they will use the IRS to go after the poor and the shredded remains of the middle class and ignore anyone actually committing tax fraud.
they will use the IRS to go after the poor and the shredded remains of the middle class and ignore anyone actually committing tax fraud.
That's the fun/infuriating part: due to a lack of funding, that's already the case no matter who's in charge of the IRS!
It's much more expensive for the IRS to audit the big fish and, knowing that, the GOP have made sure that they're underfunded enough that their billionaire overlords like Musk can cheat on their taxes with impunity and never get audited.
So for every dollar of funding the IRS gets, the nation gets five dollars back. If the department of government efficiency wasn't a sick joke, they'd love the IRS. Imagine if you had such an easy investment. Quintuple your money in a year.
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How long until Americans realize, and start to flee to Canada and Mexico. I'd advice those countries to prepare for millions of US refugees. Don't forget to include a bible and a gun in every care package to make them feel at home. Trump takes care of the immigration problem by making the US the worst place to be.
Way ahead of you. We left for the UK on inauguration day. Now I just need to get a job.
From all the European countries, you didn't pick a good one mate xD the UK is a mess
I got to pick one where I can legally live, and one that isn't going to force my daughter into a conversion therapy camp for being gay, which is what I am concerned with at the moment.
I'm not super full of national pride, but its not exactly a hell hole and on the plus side we've recently elected a party on the left while a good chunk of the other major European powers are shifting to the right. Need to get on top of this Reform nonsense, but I'm not seeing anyone rounding up LGBTQ folk.
Agreed. And every kid my daughter has met and talked to has been very much accepting. Unlike a lot of American kids.
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Nice to have you over here. May i ask what sort of job are you looking for?
Thank you. I have decades of experience in audio video production and post production with a very impressive CV which hasn't helped much yet, sadly.
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I'm not running.
They're the ones who suck. Make them leave.
As one of the blue states, we’re not getting directly hit yet. Our leaders are strong and I’m a confident we can hold out, like a beacon of hope, for the next four years. We can rebuild. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better, stronger, faster.
In theory we could even be better off, not paying in all that money that less developed states depend on, k though taxes never go down. I’m sure just like last time, they’ll add a twist to the tax cuts for the wealthy to screw over high cost of living states.
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Log into your SSA account now, get your current statement, and save it somewhere secure. It probably won't make any difference since this administration will almost certainly completely gut the SS program. But at least this way on the slim chance that there is some sort of recompense down the road, you'll have an official document available showing you what you were supposed to get at retirement.
Ahh, fuck.
I'm a federal employee. I've also had to download my most recent earnings & leave statements (something I usually ignore) and take a snapshot of my current leave totals...just in case DOGE fucks it all up.
Add to this a record of any student loans you have or have ever had. You can log in to studentaid.gov and export a full record of your previous loans, your payments and balance over time, and any forgiveness you've received.
As Musk and his goons fucks with the Department of Education, it's unlikely that your student loan balance will go "poof." But records of your payments or any forgiveness you received just might.
And really, individuals should now archive local records of any interactions they've had with the federal government. The federal government can no longer be considered a reliable steward of records.
During a news conference Friday, President Trump said that Americans’ social security would remain undisturbed by DOGE. “Social Security will not be touched, it will only be strengthened,” he said.
you mean you're going to uncap contributions and put a lower ceiling on what the most wealthy receive from it, while increasing benefits all around for everyone else??!?!?!?!!? wutuwaitinfor?
"will not be touched"
"will be strengthened"
How do you do the latter without doing the former? 🤔
Well, first you need to be senile and profoundly moronic. Then you just say things you think people want to hear.
there is no congress. there is no supreme court. there's no constitution. forget it. it's over man whatever.
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You know, if he really wants to cut off fat, star with all the red states. The blue states basically fund most of the red states so let's cut all that funding
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I've never seen a house of reps so quiet and scared to do their jobs but party "loyalty" >>> their constituents
if SS gets fucked with/up, I wonder if I can sue my MAGAt relatives to force them to give financial support to my grandparents. cause without SS they will fucking die.
DOGE? Like the dog meme and meme coin?
Yep. Commonly known as the Department of Government Enshitification
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