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Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:31 PM Jul 3

Did you get the email from Social Security administration saying what a great thing the big beautiful Bill passing

Was?

I tried to post a picture of it here, but I don’t know how to do that. How disgusting that Nazis run the SSA now .


https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-applauds-passage-of-legislation-providing-historic-tax-relief-for-seniors/


I know what I’m doing, I checked the email address before I posted it, this is from the SSA

Just do a Google, Search “SSA applauds, big beautiful, Bill”


You will only get the email if you are subscribed to all subscriptions for SSA as I am.


One last time, if you don’t trust the link, that’s fine. Just do a Google search for it. You will find it. You will see that this is really from them.

Why would anyone be surprised, the maga filth run the SSA

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Did you get the email from Social Security administration saying what a great thing the big beautiful Bill passing (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 OP
No, are you sure it's real? Ocelot II Jul 3 #1
I'm sure Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #2
I received it 😂 wanderer54 Jul 3 #48
Yep. I got it and there's a press release on the SSA website EdmondDantes_ Jul 3 #5
Snapshots of the press release from the government website. Celerity Jul 3 #46
No peggysue2 Jul 3 #3
Got mine 10 minutes ago Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #4
Use Gyazo to take a snapshot and then post the link. It's super simple. Celerity Jul 3 #45
I just received the email, Eliot peggysue2 Jul 3 #47
No. It sounds like a scam. Delete it and don't click on anything. yardwork Jul 3 #6
It's not Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #7
I'm not going to click on that. yardwork Jul 3 #8
Do a Google search and you'll see Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #10
I just got the email myself! Good Lord! yardwork Jul 3 #23
It pisses me off, I'm sure it pisses you off. Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #25
Just google it and you'll see Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #9
I haven't gotten one yet. markodochartaigh Jul 3 #11
Just do a Google search, this is real Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #12
Sure, markodochartaigh Jul 3 #15
I should've gave you a lol that was a good joke actually Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #18
Haha, I think that markodochartaigh Jul 3 #21
There are several different type of subscriptions Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #24
I use AOL..rarely get emails and don't believe I've ever received one from SS. I thought they only mailed notices Deuxcents Jul 3 #31
If markodochartaigh Jul 3 #43
I did receive the Social Security email at 8:27. markodochartaigh Jul 3 #44
No, I did not receive it. SheltieLover Jul 3 #13
The SSA release claims that it is because of the bill that . . . John1956PA Jul 3 #14
I think that it is a four markodochartaigh Jul 3 #20
Yes. The threshold for other income to cause . . . John1956PA Jul 3 #22
I'm still working so this is maga deal is utterly worthless Klarkashton Jul 3 #28
It's practically nothing. Whole trump makes billions Klarkashton Jul 3 #29
The bill's average benefit to seniors is an increase in after tax income of just $670. Wiz Imp Jul 3 #34
Yes, it was always the case Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #30
I know from experience it doesn't rzemanfl Jul 3 #37
Yes. I received it WENSTJDON Jul 3 #16
I clicked on the link (I have a really good virus/malware blocker) and looks to be the real thing. generalbetrayus Jul 3 #17
Really pisses me off, but nothing will change until we realize Eliot Rosewater Jul 3 #19
Shit in this. I've been waiting 2 fucking months now Klarkashton Jul 3 #26
Yes, I got the email. beaglelover Jul 3 #27
Yes, I got it. It's appalling and disgraceful. It should be illegal. Wiz Imp Jul 3 #32
I just got it. All I can say is WTF. Croney Jul 3 #33
I haven't Rebl2 Jul 3 #35
Yes... deRien Jul 3 #36
Yes I did, the gaslighting is relentless. Who will be vigilant against these government lies ? dem4decades Jul 3 #38
Nothing here...yet. Totally Tunsie Jul 3 #39
Just received mine Greg_In_SF Jul 3 #40
I got it. nt LexVegas Jul 3 #41
Got it. moondust Jul 3 #42

EdmondDantes_

(613 posts)
5. Yep. I got it and there's a press release on the SSA website
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:41 PM
Jul 3

It's Trump being the tiniest egotistical clown to ever live.

peggysue2

(12,021 posts)
47. I just received the email, Eliot
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 11:57 PM
Jul 3

Celebrating the passage of the bill and declaring that there will be no taxes on SS for 90% of recipients and an enhanced deduction (whatever that means) for retirees 65 and older.

WTF!

My husband's notification went straight to junk mail.

We are living in the upside down world.

yardwork

(67,154 posts)
23. I just got the email myself! Good Lord!
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:37 PM
Jul 3

This is appalling. It even refers to "the big beautiful bill!!"

I'm so disgusted.

Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
25. It pisses me off, I'm sure it pisses you off.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jul 3

The American people better respond to all of this with the kind of anger and fury that we’ve never exhibited before.

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
15. Sure,
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:58 PM
Jul 3

I believe you. I'm just saying that AOL is really, actually slow.


On a side note, authoritarian Strong Leaders love to have their names on everything. It doesn't surprise me at all. And I think that Democratic politicians could actually adopt this strategy for their own benefit.

Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
18. I should've gave you a lol that was a good joke actually
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:02 PM
Jul 3

About AoL email. And I didn’t think you were doubting me. I’m used to being doubted thoughwhen I post YouTube videos about the election being rigged you wouldn’t believe how many people here won’t even watch it. They’ll just make fun of me without even watching it

All kidding aside
does AOL really still exist?

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
21. Haha, I think that
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:09 PM
Jul 3

I'm about the only person still using AOL.

And, I just checked my spam and reloaded my mail and it still hasn't come through. But AOL is free, and much easier to use now that they updated their language from Ancient Sumerian.

Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
24. There are several different type of subscriptions
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jul 3

You can have at SSA, probably most people aren’t signed up for this particular one so you wouldn’t get the email, which is a good thing

Deuxcents

(23,027 posts)
31. I use AOL..rarely get emails and don't believe I've ever received one from SS. I thought they only mailed notices
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:45 PM
Jul 3

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
43. If
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:26 PM
Jul 3

I recall there is a regular mail option and an email option, and maybe an option for both. I received my Social Security email at 8:27 tonight. Previously I donated to a few candidates using my AOL email and now I get at least 50 emails a day and far more when they are really raising money.

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
44. I did receive the Social Security email at 8:27.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:33 PM
Jul 3

I understand what you mean about the election rigging. I find Greg Palast's videos completely persuasive and I wish that the Democratic party would have supported him at the highest level. But with the supremacist court and the maga movement it would have been incredibly difficult to achieve any kind of justice. Everyone says "That would be so divisive" LMFAO, WE'RE ALREADY THERE!

John1956PA

(4,272 posts)
14. The SSA release claims that it is because of the bill that . . .
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 06:57 PM
Jul 3

. . . ninety percent of Social Security recipients will not pay taxes on their benefits.

I am thinking that such percentage (or greater) was always the case.

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
20. I think that it is a four
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:04 PM
Jul 3

thousand dollar increase in the standard exemption for those over 65. I bet that this 90% is just some bs number Trump came up with on the fly.



Projections1 show that an annual average of about 56 percent of beneficiary families will owe federal income tax on their benefits from 2015 through 2050

Among beneficiary families that owe income tax on their benefits, the median percentage of benefits owed as income taxes will increase from about 11 percent in 2015 to 12 percent in 2025 and remain stable through 2050.

https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/research-summaries/income-taxes-on-benefits.html

For now, about 2 out of every 5 Social Security recipients will pay federal income taxes on their benefits, usually because they have other income in addition to their benefits, according to the IRS


https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/personal-finance/is-social-security-taxed

John1956PA

(4,272 posts)
22. Yes. The threshold for other income to cause . . .
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:27 PM
Jul 3

. . . Social Security benefits to be taxed is not high. If there is somewhere around $16,000 in other income, the Social Security benefits start to get taxed. If the other other income is only a little over the threshold, then only a small percentage of the Social Security benefits gets added to the net income which is taxed pursuant to Form 1940.

Klarkashton

(3,670 posts)
28. I'm still working so this is maga deal is utterly worthless
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:21 PM
Jul 3

I'm sure that is the case with a lot of people.

Wiz Imp

(5,971 posts)
34. The bill's average benefit to seniors is an increase in after tax income of just $670.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:13 PM
Jul 3

(see post #32) Not exactly the major windfall that Trump promised, is it?

Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
30. Yes, it was always the case
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jul 3

It is as usual a lie, they do nothing but lie. Wait that’s wrong. They don’t do nothing but lie, now they kill.

generalbetrayus

(1,077 posts)
17. I clicked on the link (I have a really good virus/malware blocker) and looks to be the real thing.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:01 PM
Jul 3

Soviet-style propaganda on US government websites for the win, Alex.

Eliot Rosewater

(33,127 posts)
19. Really pisses me off, but nothing will change until we realize
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 07:03 PM
Jul 3

This is not business as usual, this is not politics, this is war. Actual fucking war and until we respond accordingly, we’re dead meat.

Klarkashton

(3,670 posts)
26. Shit in this. I've been waiting 2 fucking months now
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:18 PM
Jul 3

To get signed up. I waited unit I was 70.
Nothing those doge and maga fucks can say right now except pay the fuck up.

Wiz Imp

(5,971 posts)
32. Yes, I got it. It's appalling and disgraceful. It should be illegal.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 09:06 PM
Jul 3

It's total propaganda. More imitation of third world dictator stuff. This makes me really mad. It's also a lie:

https://www.fidelity.com/learning-center/personal-finance/one-big-beautiful-bill

What’s inside the new tax law?

Temporary provisions good for 4 years
In addition to the permanent provisions, the legislation includes numerous temporary deductions and credits good only for tax years 2025 through 2028, including:

An added senior tax deduction. People who are age 65 and older will get an additional $6,000 deduction that begins to phase out at incomes of $75,000 for single filers and $150,000 for joint filers. Note: The enhanced deduction would be in addition to the $2,000 single filers and $3,200 married filers are currently able to deduct if they are 65 or older.

What isn't in the new law?
No taxes on Social Security. The legislation does not include President Trump's proposal to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits, which are taxable up to 85% for individuals with income of more than $34,000 or a couple with combined income of $44,000 or more. However, the additional $6,000 deduction for people who are 65 and older may help offset taxes on Social Security benefits for some individuals with income at these thresholds for the next 4 years.


So not only was eliminating taxes on SS benefits a lie, the alternative measure which is supposed to help seniors is only temporary for 4 years. Not only that but check this out:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-big-bill-tax-social-security-adea287e00c7c553f69f3667d3ef78cc
Touting a new Council of Economic Advisers analysis, the White House said Tuesday that “88% of all seniors who receive Social Security — will pay NO TAX on their Social Security benefits,” going on to say that the Senate proposal’s $6,000 senior deduction “is estimated to benefit 33.9 million seniors, including seniors not claiming Social Security. The deduction yields an average increase in after-tax income of $670 per senior who benefits from it.”


The average benefit is a whopping $670. Now, I know, even $670 would be a welcome benefit for many seniors. However, since that is the average benefit, those with lower income will see even lower benefits than that. Not exactly the windfall that Trump was promising, is it?

moondust

(20,936 posts)
42. Got it.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:21 PM
Jul 3

Trump Toady Frank Bisignano was sworn in on May 7 as the new SSA Commissioner. Of course he's going to spin and hype everything if he wants to keep his job.

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