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10. Fill out these seven forms and mail or call and wait on hold for 14-37 hours.

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EXCLUSIVE: Secret policy shift could overwhelm Social Security offices with millions of people [View all] highplainsdem Mar 20 OP

It would take months to get an appointment. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #1

It will take weeks to find a parking space. FSogol Mar 20 #2

You have to make a separate appointment to get a parking space. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #5

Fill out these seven forms and mail or call and wait on hold for 14-37 hours. FSogol Mar 20 #10

And then it is not an actual appointment, just permission to sit in the waiting room Irish_Dem Mar 20 #13

And remember to make the process as complicated as possible. We are dealing with senior citizens and new arrivals here! FSogol Mar 20 #24

Yes. Lots of paperwork and forms to fill out. And documents to bring to the appt. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #33

Here is what I wanna know, what are we going to do Eliot Rosewater Mar 20 #30

Some people here have suggested that if SS and Medicare are cut or ended Irish_Dem Mar 20 #34

I wonder though. Most of us do not have guns, most of us are not in physical shape to fight physically. Eliot Rosewater Mar 20 #35

This will be an epic disaster. People will have the pitchforks out if this happens. kysrsoze Mar 20 #3

That does not bother the people in DC as all the anger will be directed at the people in the local office, as always. LiberalArkie Mar 20 #23

Good to keep in mind. calimary Mar 20 #25

Massive grassroots movement is already way overdue. Magoo48 Mar 20 #27

That's what Republicans want. Throw your hands in the air and say fuck it,shut it down. Bengus81 Mar 20 #4

I'm sure the felon has a concept. StarryNite Mar 20 #12

No "could" about it BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #6

They're doing this gradually, Bayard Mar 20 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Mar 20 #8

Secret rules, secret laws, secret courts ... next up, secret executions of citizens NotHardly Mar 20 #9

Has anybody sued to get him to stop with the closure of SS offices? bluestarone Mar 20 #11

Many on the DOGE closing lists are NOT going to close-Repub politicians have stepped in wishstar Mar 20 #17

Why wait? Do it ** now **. Good form of mass action to overwhelm them now with millions of people Bernardo de La Paz Mar 20 #14

This AKwannabe Mar 20 #18

Do it for all government offices you might possibly interact with. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 20 #19

Had to go to a SS office in person in 2012 when my dad passed. AKwannabe Mar 20 #15

I will suffer the shit show Littlered Mar 20 #26

CLOSING offices, FIRING employees, and giving the remaining MORE WORK to do will not make the system more honest. pnwmom Mar 20 #32

I'm not buying into the hyperbole. Littlered Mar 20 #36

It's not hyperbole. It's numbers, but maybe that's too complicated for you. nt pnwmom Mar 20 #37

Can you point me to the order/law that has been laid down mandating this? Littlered Mar 20 #38

If you'd read the article at the OP you'd have seen the link answering your question. Here's the SSA press release. pnwmom Mar 20 #41

Some people only see the negatives I guess. Littlered Mar 21 #42

Millions of people every year make new Social Security claims or change their direct deposit. pnwmom Mar 21 #43

This has nothing to do with funding Littlered Mar 22 #44

There has been ZERO evidence of significant fraud. First, they claimed that millions of accounts appeared pnwmom Mar 22 #46

Oh my. Littlered Mar 22 #47

The issue is about 'Social Security fraud that the DOGE boys unearthed -- which they have provided no evidence of, pnwmom Mar 22 #48

I haven't really kept track Littlered Mar 22 #49

I'm pretty sure things have changed since then FakeNoose Mar 20 #39

The office in my town was SS court/hearing place AKwannabe Mar 20 #40

Last time I went to local SSA, I was scrutinized upon entering the building BadgerKid Mar 20 #16

SSA offices have had security guards for many years due to threats wishstar Mar 20 #20

These people are monsters UpInArms Mar 20 #21

Republican efficiency makes things take a hell of a lot longer and very inconvenient IronLionZion Mar 20 #22

Honestly it sounds hopeless. bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #28

Has anyone filed their taxes this year? Trueblue Texan Mar 20 #29

Thank you for sharing this! pnwmom Mar 20 #31

Spread this far and wide dalton99a Mar 22 #45