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'Bloodbath': Social Security Administration Begins Mass Firings | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird to me how much some people have internalized the politics of austerity this quickly.

The economy was humming under Biden. There was no emergency, no indicator that we have to "tighten our belts".

Then Bronzo enters the office and fElon with his MOE (Ministry of Efficiency) and all they want to do is cut everything. Even in the MOE Cinematic Universe....how do they possibly justify any of this shit? They plan on cutting taxes at the same time, so it's not about balancing anything.

What's worse, is that I now seeing lots of people on the left saying that government is bloated and should be cut, but done with precision. WTAF?

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 23 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

A 99.7% accuracy rate gutted for profit? Efficiency isn't the goal; it's exploitation.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I now think of it as MOE - Ministry of Efficiency, in the 1984 sense.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

Big Brother would be proud.

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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Aaah first I really thought, well, there it is, they began the killing. I'm glad that's not what happened

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

I don't know, maybe that's what we need to wake tf up some boomers

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

This is a great way to create jobs for the SS recipients. /s

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I work with two people that are within a year of retiring and they are absolutely ecstatic that Trump was doing this to Social Security, as well I work with people that are in their early 20s that are exactly the same happy that this is happening and thinking that they will all become super wealthy.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It's weird how these people seemingly learned nothing from history. I remember hearing from baby boomers (as a Gen Xer) that they would not get to collect Social Security by the time they retired, since the Silent Generation/Greatest Generation were going to use it all up, that it wasn't funded, it was a pyramid scheme, etc...and they just want "their" money so they could gamble on the stock market with it instead. Naturally, I heard a lot of Gen X pick up and parrot a lot of this same bullshit narrative, with probably even MORE zeal since there were a whole lot more baby boomers than there were Gen X. Turns out Gen Y was quite large, but that didn't stop people from repeating this, even if it was pointed out that any kind of "problem" was easily fixed if you lifted the cap on SS.

Rinse, repeat....and it's the exact same shit. Now apparently fucking Gen Z is saying it too. You just know that eventually the anti-intellectual dipshits will get their way in making everything awful. It's a whole lot easier to break stuff than to build it...

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My redneck trailer cock American family has absolutely nothing saved for retirement, but they think that social security tax took all of their money and gave it to people who are cheating the system pretending to be disabled

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 10 points 19 hours ago

I hear the same bs too. I work with a few hardcore Mormons who say the same thing, its bizarre.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

did you ask them if they were making 400k+ year? because thats the only group above 400k that will benefit from all these tax cuts.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No I didn’t bring that up, I actually barely talk to anybody I work with anymore. I just listen and laugh to myself.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

this is the way

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Employer and employee both have to pay 6.2%, wanna bet they eliminate the employers portion?

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wanna bet my salary doesn't go up 6.2% when they do that?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

An excuse for them to lower it by 7%

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

like alot of sketchy companies, employers will just eliminate some of thier employees even more to give them selves more money, and just squeeze out the skeleton crew for alot tech, biotech, and health

[–] chris@lemm.ee 88 points 2 days ago (9 children)

So, when Social Security gets gutted, we’re all getting the money we put in back, right? …right?!

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yes, of course! As long as you make at least $100M a year, all investments will be returned as tax breaks.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (53 children)

The American Prospect, which first reported earlier this week that Acting SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek was weighing staff cuts of up to 50%

Congratulations protest non voters, this is what you voted for.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

alot of MAGA are stupid enough to believe hes just joking on what hes going to do, besides the bigotry.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My nice but moronic neighbor is one of those "but he just talks a lot of shit, he won't do that" types. Surprise: he does talk a lot of shit and he's increasingly doing that shit too.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

But even if that were true, which lol right..., but even if it were, is that really something you want your President joking about? These are very serious matters, none of it is funny in any context whatsoever.

Just another tool in the "ignore the constant cognitive dissonance" toolbox. A skill that was hammered into many of them as children in Christian churches.

They are very skilled at learning to tune out the little nagging voice that says, "now hold on a minute, that doesn't jive with the objective reality I am currently experiencing..." I imagine many don't even get the voice at all anymore. It's a win for them, because they get to believe that they're always right, even when it's literally impossible

There is a whole lot of unnecessary suffering and death coming directly due to his actions. As far as I see it, they are committing crimes against humanity at this point. Him, Musk, his cabinet...

Europe, anyone: please help us before this is too late. I'm sure there are officers in our military who would be willing to work with you. Find them before they get fired.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago

he did it his first term, but he quickly covered it up how it was undone. this time he has nothing to lose.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org 61 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Musk has been spouting how Social Security is a scam and how tariffs will make up for it. Basically, kiss your social security pension away and just hope a substitute pops up - although it will likely be in the form of "get a check if you don't criticize us" now. DOGE is an excuse to Big Data everything from every department and process it through AI, including knowing your political association.

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