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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I found two sources for this info.

https://en.as.com/latest_news/bad-news-for-social-security-beneficiaries-this-new-proposal-would-stop-payments-to-170000-people-n/ says:

Who could see their Social Security benefits stopped?

Government Executive reports that the SSA memo proposes ceasing payments that are made to people without Social Security numbers. While people without an SSN are not eligible to receive Social Security benefits of their own, there are scenarios where they can accept benefits on behalf of an eligible person who does have an SSN as that person’s “representative payee.”

A link in that text goes to https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/ssa-weighs-axing-payments-170000-beneficiaries/403740/ and it gives an example:

That task could be arduous, as finding payees is already so difficult that at times the agency turns to institutional payees like child welfare agencies, said Romig. SSA staff also have to assess the suitability of payees.

“Say you’re a kid and you don’t have a payee for a while — they stop paying the benefit until they sort it out,” she said of the potential for interruptions to benefits.

It may be that the OP read that and extrapolated it to mean orphans would be cut off ... which may or may not be true.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Those are for SSA, not SBA. They don't explain why SBA would be brokering business loans with 11yos. There is likely a valid explanation here, but the media doesn't need to get up in arms until more details are available.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

DOGE looks to be what's getting all up in arms here. If there's suspicion of corruption, investigate, Don't just cut it all off! This isn't a car factory, it's food and shelter, aka the economy!

Of course I think he knows this and is actually trying to bring about a recession so he can seize whatever power he can

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I agree, but the Twitter post isn't DOGE and is potentially incorrect. You don't battle disinformation with more disinformation.

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