Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues
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Elon Musk's organization has been monkeying with America's retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Summary

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is investigating recent outages on its “My Social Security” website, which blocked millions from accessing benefits.

The crashes follow policy changes shifting retirees online and reducing phone support. Elon Musk has been monkeying with America’s retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Musk falsely claimed 40% of SSA calls are fraudulent, fueling criticism. While SSA denies permanent office closures, it admitted to downsizing certain sites.

  • greenfireEnglish
    311·
    23 days ago

    Move fast & kill Granny before she bankrupts the US government by taking her Social Security payments /s

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
      19·
      23 days ago

      Except Social Security is not in danger of bankrupting the government. Sort of.

      See, Republicans have been raiding Social Security for petty cash for decades so that they could give rich assholes another tax break and still fund their endless wars.

      But that money needs to go back. Whenever some asshole says that Social Security is x amount short, that’s money that’s owed to the American people,

      • greenfireEnglish
        11·
        23 days ago

        Absolutely yes & equally scrap the cap on income towards social security taxes

      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
        21·
        23 days ago

        See, Republicans have been raiding Social Security for petty cash for decades…

        That’s a popular opinion but it’s not supported by any reputable source I can find.

        Here’s USA Today.

        Here’s Politifact.

        “Fixing” Social Security can be done pretty simple by just raising the taxable income limit. That could be done at any time but of course Congress is about as useful as wet toilet paper so nothing will happen until it’s a pants on fire emergency.

        • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
          2·
          23 days ago

          The fact that if you’re rich, you stop paying social security tax is insane. I hit it one year and was like why did I get a big bump in my take home? I absolutely did not need the extra cash.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      2·
      23 days ago

      My dad a trump lover said we should end social security altogether. Which fucking funny for someone who has never paid in.