When government thinks you’re dead, it upends lives. DOGE may make it worse.
Elon Musk’s team has moved millions of Social Security numbers into the agency’s deaths database, potentially raising the risk of errors.
False claims by Elon Musk and his U.S. DOGE Service about dead people getting benefits have led to a new effort to move millions of names to the Death Master File — increasing the odds that more people who are alive will inadvertently be declared dead, according to officials at the agency.
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😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱Somehow, it is even stupider than I was afraid of.
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When it is ajar.
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😱
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Weekends need at least three days-one for errands and housework, one for socializing, and one for church and rest.
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Okay, #TaxSky & #TaxBS, time for another recruiting and reposting drive. Please repost this in your skyline so that other tax nerds not already here can be assimilated into the collective.
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I often wonder where we'd all be if Bugs Bunny hadn't taken that wrong turn at Albuquerque.
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Turkey is just 400 years of SALY for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Hey! I’ve been checking out the alternative socials. A lot of TaxTwitter seems to have moved here!
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