Summary

Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley warns that staffing and funding cuts under Elon Musk could cause Social Security payments to halt within 30 to 90 days.

The SSA is reducing its workforce and closing offices, prompting concerns from Democrats, who accuse the Trump administration of trying to dismantle the program.

O’Malley predicts a major political backlash if payments are interrupted.

Meanwhile, leadership changes at SSA have added further instability, with no confirmed commissioner in place.

  • zephorah@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    The fact of the matter is it’s still far, far easier to punch sideways than up.

    If your child is screaming in hunger, do you plan a trip to Washington? On what time and money? Or do you grab your gun and visit the neighbor’s house to get him some food?

    What’s that middle aged lady in the parking lot of the grocery store going to do if you just push her down and grab her groceries from her cart? Or even approaching grandma and gently taking the grocery bag from her hand and hopping into a vehicle before she even knows what happened.

    You think your house window is a barrier? Psychological, yes, it is. Actual? Not at all.

    This is where things get violent but not for the rich men in Washington because they’re not accessible.

    Frankly, as someone who has studied people for 35yrs, I am bordering on an intense fear that could be likened to terror. People go for what’s easiest, in general. You all are thinking of Luigi, but he’s the exception not the rule. Most people grab what’s easiest and closest and pull from their guts, not careful planning.

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 hours ago

      The fact of the matter is it’s still far, far easier to punch sideways than up.

      And yet revolutions happen on a regular basis. Explain that one…

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        25 minutes ago

        When was the last time revolution happened here in the United States?

        For starters most of our young, single men feeling angsty with the world and their existence are behind a screen right now, sans pants, eating/drinking. And that’s just one demographic.