You all dont get it, they’re not going to cut Social Security, they’re going to take a cut of it. It is no mistake that Musk is going after the actual payment system. He is going to try and force all government payments to individuals (and maybe all other payments too) onto X.
I agree 100%. “X the everything app” being a bank was one of his first goals way before he bought Twitter. He actively tried and failed.
Oh, exterminator, finally! Start over by the ficus.
It takes a lot longer to sue than to copy a database.
Months vs minutes for a table that size.
If the DogeBags end up fucking with nearly everyone’s Social Security…they have not really thought this through.
This country is armed to the teeth, and if some of those armed, and crazy, people realize that YOU are one of the people directly responsible for fucking with their lifeline (we are not talking about some faceless, byzantine bureaucracy here, we are talking about idiot fElon, his DogeBags, and their asinine “move fast and break things” mentality), well…let’s just say it might end very badly.
All of these people, including the incel DogeBags, probably have a lot of security detail. But that security has to work 100% of the time. The crazies only need to be successful once…
Nah, the armed brainwashed masses will blame the libs and brown people and continue to suck Elon and trumps knobby dicks
Oh, I’m sure quite a few that are glued to their Outrage Industrial Complex will do that, but all it takes is just a few to realize that donvict put fElon and his DogeBags in there to fuck up their social security (or Medicare. or Medicaid) payments.
Even if only a tiny, tiny fraction of them realize just exactly who is to blame for such a scenario…again, it’s not some faceless organization that would have done this; they have names.
Oh how much I would to see another Luigi moment.
Call the chiropractor because he needs an adjustment.
It doesn’t even have to be the “crazies”. I’m a sweetheart of a guy, but fuck with my money, and I will go straight-up gangster on a motherfucker.
I paid into the system my entire working life. It’s mine.
I would describe it as going feral.
The term is radicalized.
oh bullshit.
If the so called Armed americans havent done shit until now, they wont do anything, ever.
They aren’t hurting yet. The Dogebags could make things, much, much worse.
If they thought they were hurting when systems operated properly and checks were paid, banking worked properly under things like the FDIC and we had one of the best economies in quite a long time…buckle up.
These guys are out to break government. That will be absolutely make people absolutely miserable. If they thought “Bidenflation” was excruciating, they ain’t seen nothing yet.
I have seen nothing from the gun folks to indicate they’ll do anything other than cheer on Trumpsk while they burn the nation down. You have to have some brains, ambition and organization to do anything like that.
How long until Americans realize, and start to flee to Canada and Mexico. I’d advice those countries to prepare for millions of US refugees. Don’t forget to include a bible and a gun in every care package to make them feel at home. Trump takes care of the immigration problem by making the US the worst place to be.
Way ahead of you. We left for the UK on inauguration day. Now I just need to get a job.
From all the European countries, you didn’t pick a good one mate xD the UK is a mess
I got to pick one where I can legally live, and one that isn’t going to force my daughter into a conversion therapy camp for being gay, which is what I am concerned with at the moment.
They haven’t banned conversion therapy either
Okay, where do you suggest I should have gone when I’m only a citizen of the US and the UK?
Let’s hear your plan.
I didn’t know the UK was the only European country where people aren’t forced into conversion therapy. Also, I didn’t know the UK was the only country where an American can legally live. Should I be reporting all my American gay expat friends to the government now?
You clearly didn’t do your research when moving to Europe, and clearly have no clue on how other European countries are. The UK is not the most gay friendly of all European countries and finding work as an American is easy in many EU countries and can even have some massive tax benifits (20% tax reduction in NL for example). Many EU countries have fluent English speakers and loads of jobs where only English is no issue. While in the UK it’s going pretty fucked up since they left the EU. But at least their food can be of as poor quality as US food, so aclimating might be easier. Just be careful when getting sick, free healthcare could be a massive culture shock.
I’m a UK citizen. I was able to legally get to the UK by getting on a plane.
How would you suggest I emigrate to one of those European countries when I don’t even have a job?
Clearly I’m very stupid and you aren’t, so give me the plan.
There are agencies which help with expats finding a job and housing. Also schools for kids etc. I know it exists here in NL, but also in Norway, Germany and probably much more countries.
There are many job offers for expats. Many companies are scouting. Again, through expat agencies you can get easier access to these job offers, but not exclusively.
Why didn’t you say you’re a UK citizen? So you’re not a US citizen and you moved back to your country of origin? I can understand that, although I still would have checked other countries first since the current state of the UK isn’t that attractive right now.
As a UK citizen I think it’s even easier to live in an EU country then a US citizen.
No, I am a dual national.
And your plan is for me to contact an agency, but you don’t know what agency?
There are many job offers for expats.
Cool. Get me one.
As a UK citizen I think it’s even easier to live in an EU country then a US citizen.
Oh, you think so.
I asked you for a plan. You’ve given me a bunch of vague and unhelpful shit after admonishing me for doing my best.
Why didn’t you say you’re a UK citizen?
Because informing you isn’t his fucking job?
Here’s a trick you can use the next time you talk to somebody:
“Hey, why did you pick the UK of all places? What do you mean it’s the only place you can live legally?”
Nice to have you over here. May i ask what sort of job are you looking for?
Thank you. I have decades of experience in audio video production and post production with a very impressive CV which hasn’t helped much yet, sadly.
How long was the process?
For me, six weeks to get a passport because I have citizenship rights. For my daughter (and wife still in the U.S.), it involves me finding a job that pays more than £28,000 a year.
What if you were working remotely? Would that have counted?
I think so. As far as I understand, I just have to be in the country and prove I make at least that much a year or have that much in savings. But fully remote jobs are even harder to get.
Yeah I have a buddy doing remote tv editing gigs who is not in NY or CA. It has been very difficult since the easy money dried up.
I’m not running.
They’re the ones who suck. Make them leave.
As one of the blue states, we’re not getting directly hit yet. Our leaders are strong and I’m a confident we can hold out, like a beacon of hope, for the next four years. We can rebuild. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better, stronger, faster.
In theory we could even be better off, not paying in all that money that less developed states depend on, k though taxes never go down. I’m sure just like last time, they’ll add a twist to the tax cuts for the wealthy to screw over high cost of living states.
If only it weren’t so difficult and expensive to get in.
I’m currently in the process of relocating to Canada via my job, know many others who are as well.
Don’t forget to include a bible and a gun in every care package to make them feel at home.
You’re getting mixed up. The ones fleeing would not be the ones with the bibles and guns–those are who they would be fleeing from.
The loonies will flee too when they find out what they voted for.
Log into your SSA account now, get your current statement, and save it somewhere secure. It probably won’t make any difference since this administration will almost certainly completely gut the SS program. But at least this way on the slim chance that there is some sort of recompense down the road, you’ll have an official document available showing you what you were supposed to get at retirement.
Add to this a record of any student loans you have or have ever had. You can log in to studentaid.gov and export a full record of your previous loans, your payments and balance over time, and any forgiveness you’ve received.
As Musk and his goons fucks with the Department of Education, it’s unlikely that your student loan balance will go “poof.” But records of your payments or any forgiveness you received just might.
And really, individuals should now archive local records of any interactions they’ve had with the federal government. The federal government can no longer be considered a reliable steward of records.
if SS gets fucked with/up, I wonder if I can sue my MAGAt relatives to force them to give financial support to my grandparents. cause without SS they will fucking die.
I’ve never seen a house of reps so quiet and scared to do their jobs but party “loyalty” >>> their constituents
Son of a bitch touches mine he’s a dead one
Oh look, the billionaire savior complex strikes again. Musk’s DOGE initiative isn’t “efficiency”—it’s a hostile takeover of public infrastructure, dressed in Silicon Valley’s favorite buzzwords. Dismantling Social Security and gutting the CFPB? Classic move for someone who thinks regulations are just speed bumps on the road to monopolistic utopia.
And partnering with Visa? How revolutionary. Let’s replace accountability with a payment processor that’s definitely never exploited consumers. Meanwhile, “X” becomes the perfect propaganda funnel—centralized, unmoderated, and conveniently aligned with Elon’s latest whim.
But sure, let’s trust the guy who throws tantrums over unionizing workers to “streamline” agencies protecting vulnerable citizens. What’s next, privatizing oxygen? Wake me when the lawsuits bankrupt his ego.
Awful shit and at minimum, I hope the red run welfare states get the “Squeal like a pig (Deliverance)” treatment from DOGE.
