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Bernardo de La Paz

(57,161 posts)
14. Why wait? Do it ** now **. Good form of mass action to overwhelm them now with millions of people
Thu Mar 20, 2025, 11:54 AM
Mar 2025

Go there to ask for an appointment. (I had been thinking of the way it is here. You walk into the Service Canada office downtown, speak to a human immediately, get service after a short wait or an appointment or you are given the needed forms.)

Go in person. Bring a book or a downloaded movie, beverage, folding chair.

Go to ask a person to check up on your status with SSI. Ask a specific question or two and a follow up. Take your time to understand the answer.

Fill the chairs in the waiting room. Fill the waiting room. Fill the waiting room so much that they call the fire marshal.

Form lines outside. Make new friends. Motivate them to specific actions. Recruit for upcoming protest marches.

The more people the better. The sooner the better.

And then come back another day. However many days it takes.

Mass action.

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It would take months to get an appointment. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #1
It will take weeks to find a parking space. FSogol Mar 2025 #2
You have to make a separate appointment to get a parking space. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #5
Fill out these seven forms and mail or call and wait on hold for 14-37 hours. FSogol Mar 2025 #10
And then it is not an actual appointment, just permission to sit in the waiting room Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #13
And remember to make the process as complicated as possible. We are dealing with senior citizens and new arrivals here! FSogol Mar 2025 #24
Yes. Lots of paperwork and forms to fill out. And documents to bring to the appt. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #33
Here is what I wanna know, what are we going to do Eliot Rosewater Mar 2025 #30
Some people here have suggested that if SS and Medicare are cut or ended Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #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 2025 #35
This will be an epic disaster. People will have the pitchforks out if this happens. kysrsoze Mar 2025 #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 2025 #23
Good to keep in mind. calimary Mar 2025 #25
Massive grassroots movement is already way overdue. Magoo48 Mar 2025 #27
That's what Republicans want. Throw your hands in the air and say fuck it,shut it down. Bengus81 Mar 2025 #4
I'm sure the felon has a concept. StarryNite Mar 2025 #12
No "could" about it BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #6
They're doing this gradually, Bayard Mar 2025 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Mar 2025 #8
Secret rules, secret laws, secret courts ... next up, secret executions of citizens NotHardly Mar 2025 #9
Has anybody sued to get him to stop with the closure of SS offices? bluestarone Mar 2025 #11
Many on the DOGE closing lists are NOT going to close-Repub politicians have stepped in wishstar Mar 2025 #17
Why wait? Do it ** now **. Good form of mass action to overwhelm them now with millions of people Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #14
This AKwannabe Mar 2025 #18
Do it for all government offices you might possibly interact with. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #19
Had to go to a SS office in person in 2012 when my dad passed. AKwannabe Mar 2025 #15
I will suffer the shit show Littlered Mar 2025 #26
CLOSING offices, FIRING employees, and giving the remaining MORE WORK to do will not make the system more honest. pnwmom Mar 2025 #32
I'm not buying into the hyperbole. Littlered Mar 2025 #36
It's not hyperbole. It's numbers, but maybe that's too complicated for you. nt pnwmom Mar 2025 #37
Can you point me to the order/law that has been laid down mandating this? Littlered Mar 2025 #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 2025 #41
Some people only see the negatives I guess. Littlered Mar 2025 #42
Millions of people every year make new Social Security claims or change their direct deposit. pnwmom Mar 2025 #43
This has nothing to do with funding Littlered Mar 2025 #44
There has been ZERO evidence of significant fraud. First, they claimed that millions of accounts appeared pnwmom Mar 2025 #46
Oh my. Littlered Mar 2025 #47
The issue is about 'Social Security fraud that the DOGE boys unearthed -- which they have provided no evidence of, pnwmom Mar 2025 #48
I haven't really kept track Littlered Mar 2025 #49
I'm pretty sure things have changed since then FakeNoose Mar 2025 #39
The office in my town was SS court/hearing place AKwannabe Mar 2025 #40
Last time I went to local SSA, I was scrutinized upon entering the building BadgerKid Mar 2025 #16
SSA offices have had security guards for many years due to threats wishstar Mar 2025 #20
These people are monsters UpInArms Mar 2025 #21
Republican efficiency makes things take a hell of a lot longer and very inconvenient IronLionZion Mar 2025 #22
Honestly it sounds hopeless. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #28
Has anyone filed their taxes this year? Trueblue Texan Mar 2025 #29
Thank you for sharing this! pnwmom Mar 2025 #31
Spread this far and wide dalton99a Mar 2025 #45
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