Well this is a new low for the SSA
Jul. 3rd, 2025 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I just received an unsolicited email from the Social Security Administration.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.
The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation's economy.
“This is a historic step forward for America’s seniors,” said Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano. ...
So naturally I did what any sensible citizen would, and went to https://secure.ssa.gov/oig/fraud/ and reported The Social Security Administration to The Social Security Administration for committing waste and abuse.
I'm reporting waste and abuse. The waste and abuse was perpetrated by you.
The email you just sent out to millions of people titled "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors" was inappropriately partisan while also being a distortion of the truth about the legislation's content. It does not actually grant the tax exemption you claim it does!!
Political statements have ZERO PLACE in this office's communications. Don’t corrupt this department with empty platitudes praising ANY administration. The president is not your department's master, it's the constitution, and the American people behind that document. Your communications should NOT BE POLITICAL. I mean, dang, any eighth grader who's taken a civics class would know that. Now return the money of mine that you just wasted through your fraud and abuse of this system.
Now with any luck they'll get off my lawn.