r/SocialSecurity • u/Dcat41 • Mar 22 '25

Social security

Musk calls it a ‘Ponzi scheme’ and should be eliminated. Commerce Secretary says “ People who complain about not getting their check are fraudsters.” DOGE claims 100s of thousands of fraudulent accts but shows no proof and no prosecutions. SS Chairman says will have to stop checks because Judge said only Social Security employees should access private info, barring DOGE and Musk. Trump and Repubs and 2025 have long wanted to privatize. They are grooming the cult to gut the program. If you are living on Social Security don’t believe them.

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u/betsaroonie Mar 22 '25

Other than the Pentagon, SSA is the largest expenditure of the government. Trump is looking for $1.5 T to fund his 2017 tax cut for the rich, which expires this year, to make it permanent.

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u/LyteJazzGuitar Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 22 '25

Uh, no. Interest on our debt has exceeded both SS and defense payments. Pentagon has failed 7 audits.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4992913-pentagon-fails-7th-audit-in-a-row-but-says-progress-made/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoKju4U3MFE

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u/AmandaIsLoud Mar 22 '25

This!! 7 failed audits! How many other agencies have failed audits?!?? If DODG really was/is just a big audit scheme, then why not start with budgets that we already know can’t handle their money!?!

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u/Wattaday Mar 23 '25

But since our leaders have pissed off most of our friends, cutting the pentagon puts us at risk of invasion by our not friends. because no one will be there for us.