A civil war looms ...

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

Channeling Goebbels, Make a system look bad by crippling said system in order to eliminate it or privatize same as needs warrant, something DOGE is doing to Social Security by compromising one's ability to get or change SS settings according to one's needs. To your truly, outrage comes to mind as one, it's our money and two, compromising seniors not tech savvy or handicapped to get or control access to their money is cruel and indecent to the nth degree. 

In less than two weeks Social Security is set to enact major changes that threaten to upend services for many Americans, in order to fight fraud that amounts to a fraction of 1% of the agency's spending.

Why it matters: Social Security Administration veterans and powerful lobbying groups warn the changes, made at breakneck speed, may even foment more swindling.

The agency's internal documents caution the changes will effectively cut some Americans off from receiving benefits.

Former officials say the changes will overwhelm the agency's already stretched resources, with staffing at a record low and America's aging population rapidly rising.

Catch up quick: At a press conference on Tuesday, acting commissioner Lee Dudek said $100 million is lost each year to direct deposit fraud. To address it, the agency is curtailing its phone services.

Effective March 31, Americans won't be able to call and sign up for Social Security benefits, or make major changes to their accounts that require ID verification.

They either must use the internet or visit a field office, not an easy option for many of the people who most rely on Social Security.

By the numbers: $100 million in fraud represents about 0.00625% of the $1.6 trillion the government sends out each year in Social Security benefits.

A civil war looms ...

Update: A judge with guts puts a restraining order on DOGE regarding SS.

Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander in a scathing ruling accused DOGE of launching a “fishing expedition” at the Social Security agency and failing to provide any reason why it needed to access vast swaths of Americans’ personal and private data.

Hollander said the “defendants, with so called experts on the DOGE Team” never identify or articulate a reason why DOGE needs “unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.”

Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of these bastards intent
on destroying a once great nation known as America.