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Rhiannon12866

(241,941 posts) Fri Aug 29, 2025, 02:10 AM Friday

Fmr. Social Security boss: Trump & DOGE created 'greatest theft of personal data in U.S. history' - The Last Word - MSNBC

Fmr. Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD) joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss DOGE employees unprecedented “pirating away” of Americans’ Social Security data and how it could lead to the “largest class action in American history." - 08/28/2025.

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Fmr. Social Security boss: Trump & DOGE created 'greatest theft of personal data in U.S. history' - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Friday OP

How Do We Ever Become Whole Again? MrWowWow Friday #1

I cannot imagine how much that would cost - to issue a new number to every man, woman and child in the U.S. Rhiannon12866 Friday #2

Cost schmost! ReRe Friday #3

And do we trust these clowns to do it and not screw it up? yellow dahlia Friday #4

MrWowWow

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1. How Do We Ever Become Whole Again?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:06 AM

Friday

If and unless each of us is issued a new Social Security Number. Would that fix things? Really?

Rhiannon12866

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2. I cannot imagine how much that would cost - to issue a new number to every man, woman and child in the U.S.

Reply to MrWowWow (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 03:14 AM

Friday

Not to mention the mass inconvenience. Most people know their number by heart, talk about confusion!

ReRe

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3. Cost schmost!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 04:13 AM

Friday

If they can print money without abandon, they can damn sure print Social Security cards. Just do it!

yellow dahlia

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4. And do we trust these clowns to do it and not screw it up?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 10:48 PM

Friday

I don't.

I am wonked out on this story. I think it is one of the most important stories out there. I also shared this clip in an OP that I wrote earlier. Is that okay or redundancy?

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