BREAKING: Donald Trump and Elon Musk stab senior citizens in the back as the Social Security Administration ends the ability for Americans to verify their identity over the phone — instead requiring online authentication or in-person visits.
This is going to be absolutely devastating...
The Social Security Administration announced that anyone seeking benefit claims or changes to their direct deposit must now utilize one of the two aforementioned methods.
"SSA will permit individuals who do not or cannot use the agency’s online my Social Security services to start their claim for benefits on the telephone. However, the claim cannot be completed until the individual’s identity is verified in person," a post on the SSA website reads.
"The agency therefore recommends calling to request an in-person appointment to begin and complete the claim in one interaction," it continued.
It's, of course, no secret that many seniors are internet-illiterate, having not been raised with computers in their homes. Similarly, many of them are incapable of driving at this point in their lives and have no means of coming in for in-person visits.
This change is designed to cripple the SSA by making it unusable for vast swathes of the population — paving the way for Elon Musk's dream of gutting and privatizing Social Security entirely.
The changes will go into full effect on March 31st and over 72 million Americans will be affected. As if that weren't enough, DOGE plans to shut down a staggering 47 Social Security field offices.
There is no legitimate reason for these changes beyond crippling the SSA, a longstanding goal of the plutocratic Republican Party. DOGE claims that the goal is tamp down on fraud, but Musk himself has been relentlessly attacking Social Security itself, so we already know the real goal here.
Without Social Security, 40% of American seniors or roughly 15 million people, would be living below the poverty line. If Trump and Musk get their way, these vulnerable individuals could die penniless on the streets.
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