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Since Southwest is going to assigned seats, the “healing” flights will be greatly reduced

Alabama did 24-21

This is very misleading. The US taxpayers are not subsidizing Coca Cola. Whether or not SNAP benefit should be used to buy “junk food” is up for debate. But, labeling purchases made with SNAP benefits as “subsidizing” any company is a misrepresentation of the word “subsidize”. If buying a...

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I also think the article was very negative toward Musk and DOGE. It did, however, correctly make the point that the noncitizens being issued a SSN are not all illegals. I am very supportive of what Musk and Doge are doing and do not think they are lying. I do think they are not always given...

A lot of noncitizens are eligible for and are issued a Social Security Number. Among them are: People who have been lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence (green card holder); People lawfully admitted to the US on a temporary basis and who have DHS authorization to work. This...

Elon Musk did not say MAX Social Security benefits. He said MAX taxpayer funded benefits and specifically mentioned Medicaid. There are lots of taxpayer funded benefits that have nothing to do with Social Security Benefits. Things like housing, Medicaid, Child Tax Credits, Earned Income Tax...

State death records are interfaced with the SSA Master Beneficiary Record Database which is the database of people who have received/are currently receiving SSA benefits.

Elon Musk didn’t name the database at which he was looking. What he said was he found weird things in the “Social Security System”. Then, talked about finding very old people in the system with no date of death recorded. Based on my 34 years of working for the Social Security Administrstion...

There are not tens of millions of dead people receiving SSA benefits. There are about 73.2 million people currently receiving SSA benefits (Retirement, Dependents, Disability and Survivors). The Social Security data base President Trump and Elon Musk have talked about is the Numident File...

I found additional information about the SSA “in person” service. You can still use your My Social Security Account to change direct deposit information. If you don’t have a My Social Security Account, you must go to the SSA office to change direct deposit information (i.e., can no longer call...

I will be very surprised if that report of “required in person visits” to the SSA office is true. SSA field offices do not have sufficient staff to implement a change from online/telephone service to “in person” service. The SSA.gov website does not reflect any upcoming change in service...

The general rule to determine if you should take SSA Retirement before full retirement age is: 1. If it takes less than 8 years to break even, wait until full retirement age; 2. If it takes more than 12 years to break even, take the reduction.

If you know the ranger, talk to him. Ask him to call your workforce management office and offer space plus volunteer to certify your time sheet (you can make a time sheet to sign in when you get to the office and sign out when your shift ends). I am a retired SSA District Manager, occasionally...

Is there any federal agency in the area you live? If so, make an appointment with the agency manager. Explain your situation and ask very nicely if there’s an empty office/cubicle in their space you could use.