tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post4116485338790495293..comments2024-03-29T02:05:50.350-04:00Comments on Social Security News: You're Being Set Up, Carolyn ColvinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-55601435395264954822014-07-07T20:24:20.649-04:002014-07-07T20:24:20.649-04:00@6:57am, July 02, 2014 about your first point dire...@6:57am, July 02, 2014 about your first point directed to Charles:<br /><br />If you've been reading this blog site long enough, you'll know Charles has serious disability conditions for some time. He suffers from 1) far-left tunnel vision, 2) total blindness in both eyes (he just can't see the big picture but only bits and pieces guided by his liberal seeing-eye dog), and 3) mental impairment that causes him to think lopsided to the left instead of balanced and rational. Personally, I think he should file for Disability online. Or better yet, visit his local field office that's about to close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-89959983428566205062014-07-02T11:24:58.069-04:002014-07-02T11:24:58.069-04:006:57, My comments about the Wall Street Journal an...6:57, My comments about the Wall Street Journal and Murdoch were made because WSJ articles appear to be leading the charge that SSDI is going broke and is rampant with fraud, etc. These stories are then picked up by other papers without fact-checking, while the figures put out by the GAO and SSA's actuary are ignored. Now, we have yet another problem being attributed to SSA without alternative explanations (like Congress' budget cuts and inaction).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-91955882886786122732014-07-02T06:57:50.438-04:002014-07-02T06:57:50.438-04:00Charles -- As usual, your "it's the Repub...Charles -- As usual, your "it's the Republicans" commentary is off base. It's everybody. That said, your overall point is well taken, and I agree.<br /><br />@4:26 -- If you think Rupert Murdoch (with an "h") is the gatekeeper of all information, you're wrong. I'm no lefty, but I hardly ever utilize any of Murdoch's companies. And if you think that something must be published in the Wall Street Journal "so the American public gets to read/hear it," you're confused. I, and millions upon millions of other people, haven't touched a copy of the WSJ in ages.<br /><br />@11:30 -- That's a disarmingly straightforward and rational approach. If only...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-33744452621708229732014-07-01T17:58:41.291-04:002014-07-01T17:58:41.291-04:00I understand SSA wanting to move services to onlin...I understand SSA wanting to move services to online but why are they not policing these firms that make people think they are applying for benefits online when in reality they are signing up with a firm to represent them? Someone needs to look in to this!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-88128797931418374862014-07-01T16:59:03.481-04:002014-07-01T16:59:03.481-04:00Shutting these SSA field offices is very tricky. Y...Shutting these SSA field offices is very tricky. Yes, those probably under 55 or 50 can use the SSA website. But those over? Not so much.<br /><br />Also SSA field offices are kind of a sense of pride in some of these rural areas (e.g. they just shut down offices here in Southern California near Barstow and Victorville making the closest SSA office 1-2 hours away).<br /><br />I understand the budget cuts. But these offices will always be needed on some level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-19954975650673260182014-07-01T16:26:39.604-04:002014-07-01T16:26:39.604-04:00And, if Ms. Colvin provides the information to Con...And, if Ms. Colvin provides the information to Congress that needs to be said, will Rupert Murdock allow the Wall Street Journal to publish that information so the American public gets to read/hear it? Probably not, because the people causing the problem want to "privatize" the sizeable SSA "trust fund" or destroy SSA. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-79029289580139804172014-07-01T16:09:44.136-04:002014-07-01T16:09:44.136-04:00But if she were complaining about funding getting ...But if she were complaining about funding getting appointed and confirmed would have been less likely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-73335072451667036692014-07-01T11:30:14.605-04:002014-07-01T11:30:14.605-04:00Colvin needs to go to the Hill with a graph that s...Colvin needs to go to the Hill with a graph that shows if you appropriate us (x) amount, the average wait time at the FOs will be --, --% of 800 callers will hear a busy signal, wait time for a hearing decision will be --, we will do -- CDRs, etc. Appropriate us (y) amount, and the numbers will be --.<br /><br />And then tell them, "It's up to you what those numbers will be. We will do the very best we can with whatever you appropriate to us, but without more funding, service will continue to deteriorate. If you want us to serve our customers better, then show us that you mean it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com