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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2020, 12:03 PM Mar 2020

Online Rumor Pelosi wants to shut down SS Administration [View all]

and stop SS checks for 2 months. "Use your supplemental retirement funds". Like our big fat 401K's that have crashed into the basement? Excuse me???? Totally FALSE. Clearly Republican fear mongering.

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Online Rumor Pelosi wants to shut down SS Administration [View all] HockeyMom Mar 2020 OP

Yup friend of mine works for social security in Chicago. They are now working from home mucifer Mar 2020 #1

Look for a run on pitch forks and tiki torches! Not a chance that is true, but the half-wits brewens Mar 2020 #2

There is no way in hell Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #3

That's Absurd - Seniors Are High Risk To Begin With.... global1 Mar 2020 #4

Russian psy-ops at its finest. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #5

Not likely. However, if this situation continues to deteriorate, don't be surprised at some of Hoyt Mar 2020 #6

I think the only change that's coming is to remove the cap on income subject to SS payroll taxes. stopbush Mar 2020 #9

Yeah, if there are still high incomes to tax and we still have to pay increased benefits to those Hoyt Mar 2020 #11

You are correct. Just moving the cap a bit higher would be an improvement. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #12

saying that social security payments could be delayed, ended or reduced SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #13

Read the Trustee's Reports from Obama's Admin. That's not Russian, it's a fact. Hoyt Mar 2020 #14

Is this supposed to bolster your point? SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #15

No, my point was, and still is, that the deficit will get worse with millions unemployed. Hoyt Mar 2020 #17

Bullshit jpak Mar 2020 #7

They always go too far with the outlines of their anti-D hoaxes. stopbush Mar 2020 #8

It's from a satire site. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #10

There is a forum for Creative Speculation SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #16

False Cosmo Blues Aug 2020 #18