Elon Musk claimed that 40% of phone calls to Social Security were fraud, so he set up a system to track calls. Musk found no fraud, but he did delay Social Security processing.
Several months ago, I called SS to get my tax info from 2024 as I had not received my info. At first, they didn’t accept my password. So I called, the automated reply said my waiting time would be 2 hours. After two hours, they hung up. I called again and waited another 2 hours and got hung up again. The next day, the same process was repeated. So I wrote to them. Still no response. The people DOGE fired have not been there to receive my phone calls or my letter. This is what Musk has caused.
The same thing happened to me. I tried to call SS and was placed on hold for 2.5 hours and then got disconnected! I have been waiting to get SOME communication from SSA regarding my daughter’s RSDI disability claim. It has been 417 days! 1 year 1 month, and 20 days. Not an email, letter, nor call about the status and nothing on the SSA site. Apparently they are having an issue in determining if she is disabled? She has been diagnosed with CP, seizures, and spastic quadriplegia. With SSA cuts I’m sure it will be YEARS before it is resolved. RSDI is a benefit for adult disabled children whose parents have paid into SS. Thanks to the republicans! Are we great yet?
They did, musk mined information about each and everyone of us and he did it illegally. His purpose is to create a database with all our likes and dislikes. Who is smart and who is not. Where authoritarian leadership will know from which quarter to expect trouble and squash it before it gets off the ground! Much like China is now! Read 1984 and Project 2025! Scary shit is here, and it is coming harder and faster with the absent leadership standing up for our citizens!
They Need to look at each other the biggest frauds in history! Leave Social Security and everything else alone! Hell at this point they owe America money!!🇺🇸
I have spent more than 19 hours total on hold with social security without ever being connected to a person. Once I was able to leave my number for a call-back, but it never happened. The other times, it just hung up. My husband died 2 months ago, but I am unable to start my claim for death/ survivors benefit, since it canʻt be done online. I canʻt get through to a office to make an appt. I have had NO income for more than 2 months. Grieving families donʻt have the emotional capacity for this BS.
I am so sorry for you, dear Li. 😢 Big hug and condolences of the loss of your husband. These are tough times for you, and that fcker Elmo made it so much worse. A pox on him.
It was a ploy to get all our information so it can be used against when Trump deems it is time to do so! God only knows how they plan to use it, but you can bet it won't be for our good!
I am even more concerned about Musk vacuuming up the data on Americans, and converting it to his personal/corporate use at his AI startup, which he calls 'xAI." According to independent historian Heather Cox Richardson in her "Letters From An American" 5-13 column, “Cyber experts note that DOGE’s mining of Americans’ personal data under Musk has given him access to a treasure trove of verified information for his own company xAI.”
We desperately need good reporters to be getting firm confirmation on this and making this into banner headlines !!! Don't you agree ?
I have also been trying to be an independent historian, my high-class site has been doing well lately. I understand that in an environment when a new administration is trying to guide the citizens using the "flood the information zone with crap" strategy of manipulation, there is no possibility that denials will be believed by all the folks hurt by the new administration. But I'm a historian, all sorts of extremely unlikely things happen in human history, if a denial could be made that gets me mostly believing that our data is not in Musk's ugly, selfish and too often stupid hands, maybe I could sleep better at night.
Actually he found plenty. He stole all our private financial data. That’s all he wanted. The rest (“fraud and waste”) was a ruse. He’s using our data in his AI center in Tennessee. And we’re all focused on the budget and its parade of horrors. So away he goes. And away we go.
It is a grand projection by the people who truly are committing fraud, the trump administration. Never mind the theft by taking.
Leave to a felon and a rich brat to try to mess up a program that works for the American people.
Several months ago, I called SS to get my tax info from 2024 as I had not received my info. At first, they didn’t accept my password. So I called, the automated reply said my waiting time would be 2 hours. After two hours, they hung up. I called again and waited another 2 hours and got hung up again. The next day, the same process was repeated. So I wrote to them. Still no response. The people DOGE fired have not been there to receive my phone calls or my letter. This is what Musk has caused.
The same thing happened to me. I tried to call SS and was placed on hold for 2.5 hours and then got disconnected! I have been waiting to get SOME communication from SSA regarding my daughter’s RSDI disability claim. It has been 417 days! 1 year 1 month, and 20 days. Not an email, letter, nor call about the status and nothing on the SSA site. Apparently they are having an issue in determining if she is disabled? She has been diagnosed with CP, seizures, and spastic quadriplegia. With SSA cuts I’m sure it will be YEARS before it is resolved. RSDI is a benefit for adult disabled children whose parents have paid into SS. Thanks to the republicans! Are we great yet?
Sometimes the machine will say the wait time for disability is 300+ days.
It is wrong that you are having this experience. I hope you are able to get this resolved, and soon will receive what is yours to have.
Musk is a Fraud!!!
He’ll go after Disability next!
I just recently retired.
But, even without that, I know that it's bad news.
My Wife and I went to Sen Byron Donalds' Town Hall in FL.
He said, with all of the staff cuts by Musk/DOGE in Social Security, if you have trouble, call his office... yeah, right.
It is surprising that they didn’t create some fraudulent fraud, to justify their search, intervention, and staff reduction.
They did, musk mined information about each and everyone of us and he did it illegally. His purpose is to create a database with all our likes and dislikes. Who is smart and who is not. Where authoritarian leadership will know from which quarter to expect trouble and squash it before it gets off the ground! Much like China is now! Read 1984 and Project 2025! Scary shit is here, and it is coming harder and faster with the absent leadership standing up for our citizens!
They Need to look at each other the biggest frauds in history! Leave Social Security and everything else alone! Hell at this point they owe America money!!🇺🇸
The only fraud is that which Trump and Musk are perpetuating.
Lock them both up!!!
That whole '40%' number was totally wrong. The super smart DOGE hackers weren't bright enough to understand.
I have spent more than 19 hours total on hold with social security without ever being connected to a person. Once I was able to leave my number for a call-back, but it never happened. The other times, it just hung up. My husband died 2 months ago, but I am unable to start my claim for death/ survivors benefit, since it canʻt be done online. I canʻt get through to a office to make an appt. I have had NO income for more than 2 months. Grieving families donʻt have the emotional capacity for this BS.
Li, are you able to talk to your state representatives and get some help?
I am so sorry for you, dear Li. 😢 Big hug and condolences of the loss of your husband. These are tough times for you, and that fcker Elmo made it so much worse. A pox on him.
It was a ploy to get all our information so it can be used against when Trump deems it is time to do so! God only knows how they plan to use it, but you can bet it won't be for our good!
I am even more concerned about Musk vacuuming up the data on Americans, and converting it to his personal/corporate use at his AI startup, which he calls 'xAI." According to independent historian Heather Cox Richardson in her "Letters From An American" 5-13 column, “Cyber experts note that DOGE’s mining of Americans’ personal data under Musk has given him access to a treasure trove of verified information for his own company xAI.”
We desperately need good reporters to be getting firm confirmation on this and making this into banner headlines !!! Don't you agree ?
I have also been trying to be an independent historian, my high-class site has been doing well lately. I understand that in an environment when a new administration is trying to guide the citizens using the "flood the information zone with crap" strategy of manipulation, there is no possibility that denials will be believed by all the folks hurt by the new administration. But I'm a historian, all sorts of extremely unlikely things happen in human history, if a denial could be made that gets me mostly believing that our data is not in Musk's ugly, selfish and too often stupid hands, maybe I could sleep better at night.
Seniors are more likely to be scammed than they are to commit a scam. This administration and everyone tied to it are corrupt to the bone.
Actually he found plenty. He stole all our private financial data. That’s all he wanted. The rest (“fraud and waste”) was a ruse. He’s using our data in his AI center in Tennessee. And we’re all focused on the budget and its parade of horrors. So away he goes. And away we go.