@ddmgmgh Look what's going on in #Alberta - #Poilievre's template for the entire country.

Former PM Stephen Harper - "A man diametrically opposed to the concept of defined pension benefit plans for public sector workers is now responsible for managing the investments of 375,000 Alberta pensioners."

To be clear, Poilievre's mentor built his political career campaigning against pensions.

#cdnpoli #canada #election2025 #seniors

https://www.theprogressreport.ca/progress_report_347

@ddmgmgh "likely adjust CPP and OAS pension age qualifications as Harper did."
That is a given.
Poilievre plans to up from 65 to 67 immediately.

"In general, workers are being fired with no warning, no chance to make plans for the future, and often face insulting (and false) claims that they were poor performers."

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #cruelty #SocialSecurity #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #seniors
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"The cruelty is a feature, not a bug.

After all, gratuitous, seemingly gleeful cruelty has been a hallmark of DOGE’s operations. Even if you think DOGE’s mass layoffs — some quickly reversed when it turned out that critical workers were fired — make sense, think of the way they are being carried out."

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #cruelty #SocialSecurity #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #seniors
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@KimberlyN I'm not kidding & I'm NOT linking to her repulsive news site.
#Poilievre & his Conservatives have seamlessly moved from stalking & taunting Trudeau's kids right over to Carneys.

If anyone thinks Poilievre will govern for ALL Canadians, you just need to look at this strongest supporters, and realize we will be the USA in a blink of an eye.

Political consultant Matt Herdman says, "Elon Musk and Donald Trump are stealing seniors' hard-earned benefits. It's already happening, and it'll get worse if they go through with closing branch offices and cutting staff."

See Jessica Corbett's good report (link below).

#Musk #Trump #SocialSecurity #seniors #TaxCuts #billionaires
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https://www.alternet.org/trump-social-security-2671338127/

Last week, he was told that SSA would fix the problem, but as of last Friday, he had not gotten his February and March SS payments.

Jeff Nesbit, public affairs chief for 5 federal agencies/departments including SSA under 4 presidents, shared this story on X, saying: "So incredibly sad that Musk/DOGE are now preying on people like this. I hope older Americans understand the assault underway against Social Security right now."

#Musk #Trump #SocialSecurity #seniors #TaxCuts #billionaires
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After making multiple calls to SSA, during which he was "put on hold and then eventually disconnected" and securing an appointment that was ultimately rescheduled for the next week, Johnson went to his local SSA office, one of several sites DOGE now wants to shut down across the country.

He waited and waited to be seen at the SSA office and finally jumped the line and insisted he was alive.

#Musk #Trump #FederalGovernment #SocialSecurity #seniors #TaxCuts #billionaires #EconomicElites
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Danny Westneat tells the story of what happened to Leonard "Ned" Johnson after his wife got a notice from their bank in February that the Social Security Administration requested a return for benefits paid out after the supposed death of her husband. Since Ned was alive, his wife figured it was a scam, but SSA then yanked $5,201 from their bank account.

#Musk #Trump #FederalGovernment #SocialSecurity #seniors #TaxCuts #billionaires #EconomicElites #destruction #chaos
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

"This week, a still-more ominous threat appears to be circling. Bloomberg reports that three individuals representing private equity concerns — firms in an insidious financial industry intent on harvesting anything that can rake in a profit for the ultrarich — have now shown up, alongside DOGE, to meddle in the life-sustaining work of the SSA."

#Musk #Trump #FederalGovernment #SocialSecurity #seniors #TaxCuts #billionaires #EconomicElites #destruction #chaos
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@georgetakei

From experience, I know that there are some #SSA benefits that cannot be accessed online. And making #seniors drive to physical locations is untenable. They are probably cutting the number of offices too!

The #cruelty is the point.

Elon Musk’s DOGE Quietly Kills Affordable Housing Program

#Trump is making a massive cut to affordable #housing, as fears over the #economy grow.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192653/musk-doge-trump-cut-affordable-housing

" #DOGE has cut funds & programs across the federal #government without regard to the purposes they serve or the lives that depend on them. Many of the people who depend on this #HUD program are low-income #seniors or destitute #families who have little or no other options."