re: Will there be social unrest when monthly social security checks are cut by 22% in 2032?

Some good news...

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welfare rolls decline

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Welfare rolls have experienced one of the sharpest declines in decades nationwide, driven by sweeping policy changes and stricter eligibility requirements. Across major social safety net programs, millions of Americans have transitioned off assistance as states aggressively reassess who qualifies for benefits. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

National SNAP (Food Stamps) Decline

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has seen a drop of over 3.5 million participants nationwide. [1]

Policy Trigger: The decline largely follows the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enacted major spending cuts and raised the work requirement age limit.

State Impacts: Every state has recorded reduced enrollment, with some states like Arizona seeing participation drop by roughly 51%.

Federal Scope: This reduction has brought total program enrollment down to roughly 38.5 million. [1, 2]

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Source: WSJ, Google summary

When you hear anyone blame all Boomers for SSI, you automatically know they are simple and lack basic thinking skills.


Put the blame where it belongs:
Anyone that voted or votes Democrat.

To this point in history, Boomers are the only generation to try to end SSI.

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I have never factored social security into my retirement plan. Whatever is left when I can draw it will be lagniappe.

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But you count on your 401k or other investments? you pay into all of them...i paid into social security i sure as hell expect to get what i paid into

Is this the new Climate Change....

You are paying in less than what you are likely to receive

Hence the looming insolvency

They've said this for 20 years plus and it always gets done. It's a bipartisan issue that is almost an auto-vote out of office if they don't take care of it.

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Maybe someone should look into how many foreigners are getting SS payments. Many without having paid the first cent in.

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Many other places to cut as well within the SS framework that send checks to people that never contributed, i.e., SSD to children with autism.

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I'm planning for it to not even be solvent by the time I can draw from it.

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I want my stolen money back.

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I have decided that these warnings are nothing but political scare tactics. Every politician’s underlying campaign message is: “I’m the only one that can save you”

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exactly.

there’s never been a problem or a perceived problem or a non-problem that the government won’t volunteer themselves to fix without a single vote cast. And when I say fix, I mean they’ll make the problem significantly worse, the process slower, and bring on hundreds of full-time brain dead government employees to support the non-fix. So, don’t worry…the government will get this thing figured out.

Also, again: there should be no further discussion of fraud or immigrants receiving government benefits. After all, this is a forum/discussion board. So, none of that.