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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's not what conservative media has hammered into its viewers for decades. The whole, "just asking questions" grind that filled whole communities with doubt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

What's so wrong about JAQing off in public, at any and every conceivable opportunity? /s

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

I'm sure its more than that who aren't getting Social Security checks.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i mean I'm glad they fact checked but... no fucking shit

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Alternative headline: "DOGE finds Social Security administration is pumping trillions of dollars into the economy and has an error rate of less than 1%."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

After all these DOGE shenanigans about Social Security, I reallised that US Public Administration is not nearly as automated or digitized as I thought. If it was, it would work in a more efficient manner.

But rather have these DOGE assholes tearing things up, dealing with this issue as an actual infrastructure problem would go ways.