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Social Security payments could suffer interruption soon as DOGE causes ‘system collapse' (fortune.com)

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Former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley, who headed the agency during the Biden administration, urged people to start saving money now because benefits could be interrupted in the next one to three months. He told CNBC that changes DOGE is making to the agency have already caused IT system outages, which he predicted will become more frequent until there is a “system collapse.”

The federal government has never failed to deliver Social Security payments on time, but a former commissioner warned that could happen soon as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency makes changes and cuts staff.

Martin O’Malley, who led the agency during the Biden administration, told CNBC on Saturday that cuts have already led to IT outages, which he predicted will become more frequent and last longer each time until there’s a total failure.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Crash this plane with no survivors! I'm down to see my country in flames. Nothing else will change our course, nothing. I have my own plans, been rock bottom poor, so has my wife. Good luck to the rest of you fat fucks whining about video game prices.

If anyone still thinks there's hope, you're flat wrong. There's no turning this train wreck. It's called a "train wreck" because it keeps going and going on inertia and can't be stopped. We're on the bad side of history, and that's all it is, history. If you don't believe that, can't see it, you're either an idealistic fool or your history teachers failed you. Either way, you're ignorant.

FFS, my neighbors on Nextdoor.com tore me a new asshole for suggesting NOAA was going down. FLORIDA NEIGHBORS. And tonight they're posting about dangerous weather inbound. Because NOAA said so.