Well, tomorrow is the day I'm SUPPOSED to get my SS payment. Anyone else sick at their stomach wondering if it will come

[BamaRefugee]

I've never even had to THINK about it.
Now, I'm worried sick, I've even had to get a prescription for anti-depressant from my doctor, which I haven't needed since 2021, when guess who was the preznint.

And here's the kicker, I still work 7 days a week, at age 73, and I have to pay INTO SS, while at the same time being taxed on the SS I receive. But I have to keep working as long as I can because I can't begin spending my life savings until there is just no other way to exist.
My rent on my semi-ghetto apartment in Los Angeles already takes my ENTIRE SS payment every month, but that has let me dial down my work load for my health, I have a dangerous and anxiety producing job. But thank God I can still work and be my own boss.

If they stop SS payments, I can at least go for maybe 3 years max, but then it's straight to pushing a shopping cart and sleeping on a sidewalk, absolutely no other scenario.
BUT, I will be better off than millions and millions of other people, many of whom will soon be under eviction notices, having their car repossessed, and maybe the most important, have no money to pay their cellphone bill or lose internet access, at which point, in this day and age, they will be totally cut off from any possibility of finding help, or finding a way to GET TO where the help is.

Sorry for rambling, but
WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS?

Yes, I know they want us to die, but aren't landlords basically MAGA? Thousands and thousands of empty dwellings are going to cost them tons of money AND drive down rental prices, no?
And what, 73 million Americans or so are on SS, so are all the MAGA businessmen willing to lose, conservatively, 50 million customers???

Let's hope at least THIS MONTH'S payment arrives tomorrow for those of us born between the 1st and the 10th of our birth month.

[Turbineguy]

1. Welcome to Trumpfuckistan

where everything is chaos.

How many of those 77 million who voted for this moron regret it?

[usaf-vet]

29. Ours arrived on the scheduled day, & our federal tax and state return took less than 7 days to be IN our direct deposit.

Both were unsurprising, as neither SS nor tax returns should require human interaction at this point.

I hope that took some pressure off.

We are keeping our supply of "happy pills" up to date and right where they belong in the medicine cabinet.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. I cannot even fathom that we're doing this to seniors and the disabled

Absolutely unacceptable that we're subjecting millions of people to this anxiety every month now.

[SheilaAnn]

4. Got mine early, I am worried about next month though. Agree with all of your thoughts. n/t

[HuskyOffset]

42. My SSDI also came two days early

My SSDI electronically transfers into my checking account on the second Wed of the month. This month, it was in there two days early. It's never been early or late, always lands on the day it's scheduled. Until now. Makes me nervous, because if it can be early, it can be late.

[Tom Dyer]

38. Can confirm...

[EarthAbides]

3. Cruelty and greed is the reason

My husband and I get ours on the 3rd of every month, so we have to wait until April in agony. I personally think they will wait until after April 15th to pull the plug... In the mean time we have been withdrawing money from our bank accounts for when it does happens, because once they pull the plug, banks won't have our social security money for any long term investments. I really have no idea what will happen when they pull the plug, but I would rather have cash in hand to be safe.

[CousinIT]

5. I'm sick to my stomach wondering if I'll ever even get Social Security at all when I apply in 1-3 years. nt

[BamaRefugee]

8. I can imagine. It's a huge part of what we have worked for and planned ahead for all our lives.

[JCMach1]

6. My mom's came on time

[BamaRefugee]

7. I'm so glad!

[XanaDUer2]

9. I am

In being told he can't. I hope not. But this isn't business as usual anymore. So, I've decided I will not in any way, shape, or form be homeless. I worked with them many yrs and its a brutal life. Humiliation. Treated like plague carriers. Dangerous af esp for women. Two rapes after hrs in the parking garage. No one wants you around. So, I'll be making alternate plans to avoid all that.

I'm sorry you're living like this at your age. America sucks and I'm sorry I was born here.

[elocs]

10. Yeah, the waiting from month to month has already gotten old fast.

My birthday is in the 11-20 category but my SS always is deposited at the end of the month and rarely on a Wednesday. Last November I received that month's check on the first of the month and the December check at the end of the month.

I'm 72 and if I can find a job my problem will be solved because I live in a mobile home which is generous since at best it is a trailer but it has been my home for nearly 34 and is really a memory palace this this is the only place where my 33 year old daughter has lived and has been her home that she could come back to visit. The upside is that my lot rent is only $320/month and it's right in the city in a decent neighborhood, not far from stores and shopping. I live a block from a small river where eagles are very common to be seen this time of the year. The hard part for me is that's it's a memory palace and heartbreaking to need to leave.

Just a few months ago I trusted that my SS would always be there for me. How quickly that trust has disappeared. It's my money that I had taken out of every one of my paychecks.
How could I get robbed this way? What has this country turned into even with the threat of withholding our checks?

[Attilatheblond]

14. Wondering if that is due to your bank slowing the credit to your account

Mine is always in there when I roll outta bed on the third Wednesday. Of course, elon the moron is trying to change that. But my bank is reliable.

[BamaRefugee]

15. Old folks aren't really wanted in the job force now. It's cruel. I made the decision 20 years ago to go into business

for myself, and thank God I can still keep going as long as my car, my legs, and my brain keep working.
I could never get rich on it, but I can never be fired either, so that's a blessing.
I wish you and all of us the best of luck, this isn't even America anymore.

[elocs]

56. Well my advantage is that I don't look like an old person

and I'm in better physical shape than I was 20 years ago. But there may be a lot of people looking for jobs now. Even part time would help me out.

[Attilatheblond]

11. Pretty sure Elon's plan for SS is to kill us all with stress

He has NO solutions for anything.

[bluestarone]

12. So far so good here.

I got mine last week of Feb. My wife got hers today. Scheduled for Tom (Wednesday) I think we're ok for awhile, BUT can't count on it 100%. That's the problem. Seems like we gotta worry about things we NEVER had to worry about before.

[Vinca]

13. Tomorrow's our day, too. Can't believe we even have to think about it.

Worse yet, I check our checking account associated with Social Security daily to make sure they haven't grabbed anything since they've now got all our information. Don't want Big Balls funneling our meager balance into his account.

[BamaRefugee]

17. Agreed. I don't even know what's SAFE anymore for my life savings. are my IRAs safe? My bank accounts?

I don't think taking all my money and putting it into a box under my bed is feasible, what about a fire or in my case an earthquake, and my building is just a pile of rubble?
Even if I buy a safe, would I be allowed to go through the ruins? Doubt it.
It would probably be found by some recovery crew that would never mention it and take it home to crack it open.

HOW THE F*** have we come to a place where I'm even imagining these things???

[Vinca]

39. I know. We were talking safes, too. We've already got a small fireproof one for deeds and documents,

but the thought of stashing actual cash is something I never thought I'd do. If they chuck FDIC it will be something to consider again, though, that's for sure.

[chowmama]

16. Mine came yesterday

if that helps. However, it's April that's being talked about as being possibly 'delayed'.

I'm worried, too.

[swong19104]

18. You might get your payment tomorrow

But next month? Or sometime in the summer or fall? Nobody knows.

[lindalou65]

19. Social Security checks

Mine is pending in my account and will go in tomorrow. So I believe you will receive yours as well on its usual schedule.
Yes, I worry about next month and beyond.
We’re all in this together!

[MLWR]

20. Ours came apparently.

My bank posts it a day early. I think it's supposed to stop next month, if Comrade Krasnov and LoneSkum go through with their threats.

[CharleyDog]

21. no doubt, the billionaires now in charge are planning

They know, they have it planned, and are planning

Like maggots, they see the funds as ripe

but now to do it stealthily, cunning

bits at a time, let the weakest of the herd die off, they say. Who cares, they say.

They billionaires are letting us know what's coming while we prepare to submit. "Your funds are inevitable FOR US"

Starving people will die? insert Charleton Heston's mad insane laughter

[XanaDUer2]

22. Age discrimination in hiring is real

Once you're over 45 no one wants you. Its illegal, but prove it

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. Mine comes on the Monday before the 2nd Wednesday and that is when I got it.

[onenote]

24. I'm sure some are worried. But I wasn't. My payment was deposited, on schedule, in full, today.

[SARose]

25. Ours posted last Saturday

Yeah! No problem at all. Hope yours goes smoothly, too.

[patphil]

26. My wife and I received our yesterday. Everything was in order.

[Evolve Dammit]

27. Yes. The cruelty and unnecessary trauma is part of his sadistic delight.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. Wait until the SS layoffs kick in. We're in for a rough ride.

[Ritabert]

30. The goal is to make us anxious all the time

That's why project 2025 called for 90 days of shock and awe. And we certainly have that.

[state of stupid]

31. Mine showed up on Saturday.

I think it is handled as a postdated check. It does not matter when it arrives, the transaction
is completed on the check date which for me is the second Wednesday of the month. This
started in my case with my first check in January when the deposit appeared on the Friday
before the second Wednesday. It sat in pending state until the second Wednesday and
changed from pending to posted when the bank does all the necessary steps to complete
the transaction. Last year it showed up the day before it was due and processed overnight
so, it showed posted on Wednesday.

[Beck23]

32. You should have received something in January

Telling you the amount of your payment for 2025 for each month. Make sure the numbers match your actual payment. I read that Musk made his money at PayPal by shaving 1 penny off each transaction.

I checked my payment last month and it was1 cent short.

[Cha]

33. I got mine the 3rd but I'm still sick at my stomach ...

for others and the ongoing Worry of what Mump is doing to America.

We're under Attack!

Good Luck!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

34. Remind me how many SS checks haven't arrived this month?

Millions? Thousands? A dozen?

I am getting incredibly tired of people here panicking about SS. It is not going to go away. Certainly checks just randomly won't be sent.

[BarbD]

47. Fear is the objective.

Actually stopping monthly SS checks probably will not happen, BUT the anxiety is very real. And, I believe this is the point.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

59. The anxiety is completely manufactured. From nothing.

But these constant posts of "OMG! I just got my SS deposit exactly on time! How scary is that!"

[Rebl2]

35. I received mine on the

27th of February, although it should be the 3rd of the month. My bank does something different, and they started this last fall. Any type of monthly deposits we get like SS or pension is in our account a few days before it should be. Last month my husband’s SS was in our account on the 14th and normally it would have been the third Wednesday.

[SidneyR]

36. Same here.

I'm a February 4, 1955 baby and pretty new to Social Security. It would be a disaster to have it cut; I don't make that much in my part-time adjunct community college job.

[vankuria]

37. I'm supposed to get mine

Tomorrow and I’m very worried as well. I don’t know how long I can survive without it and I hate that I have to worry every month about whether I’ll get it or not.

[Demsrule86]

40. I got mine on Monday...so did hubs (disability).

[avebury]

41. My payment is direct deposit.

It shows up as a pending deposit at least a couple of days prior to becoming available.

[totodeinhere]

43. Mine comes tomorrow and according to my bank the payment is pending. So

I guess I am in the clear for this month. Now on to worrying about next month.

[mtngirl47]

44. I'm a landlord.....and I'm not MAGA. Just saying!

I have tenants that are on social security....I also have tenants that are Federal employees.

I don't know what it will look like going forward. Will they be able to keep paying their rent? How long can I work with them and still survive myself? It is worrysome for everyone.

[Magoo48]

45. I wish we could organize a nation wide squat day

A day where hundreds of thousands would move in and squat in vacant spaces on the same day.

[TNNurse]

46. Ours are direct deposit tomorrow as well.

As someone who received SS benefits from age 10 until I got out of college. My father died when I was 10. My mother, a widow at 46 with three children at home needed that. She was a public school teacher and in 1960 that was not enough for her to keep things going. We each got those benefits, but I was the youngest and therefore got them then the longest. I hate to think how she would have struggled. I would not have attended an out of state college and my life would be quite different.

Damn this awful greedy and heartless people who have no business in government.

[BumRushDaShow]

48. Mine would have been due tomorrow too and I literally just checked AND IT IS THERE RIGHT NOW

So maybe check now to see...

[Wicked Blue]

49. The hedge funds that own many rental properties will get tax writeoffs

on their vacancies.

[ShazamIam]

50. Here is what is frightening: 40% of retired Americans rely solely on Social Security.

https://www.nirsonline.org/2020/01/new-report-40-of-older-americans-rely-solely-on-social-security-for-retirement-income/

Elon Musk considers people relying on Social Security, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare and Medicaid to be, parasites.

While some rightly recognize that it is the billionaire class, especially the tax dodgers who are the parasites.

[MichMan]

51. Nope

All the fearmongering here every week is getting tiring

[WhiteTara]

52. Mine is supposed to arrive on April 3rd.

And I do have a bit of heart in throat feeling.

[elleng]

53. Calm down.

If you have received Soc Sec for some time, you likely will CONTINUE to do so.

[mucholderthandirt]

54. The point is fear. When we're afraid enough, we'll accept the Project 2025 traitors,

and their puppet, Vance, with gratitude, because Trump has fucked up so much. I suspect sometime around the end of April, when people are totally freaked out about taxes, we'll see something happen to Trump to get him out of office. Many will welcome the "sanity" of Vance and P25, because it will seem to be safer and less likely to outright kill us all.

The whole point of this, in my opinion, was to tear the country apart so we'll just take whatever P25 will do, which will still be awful, but it will have a nicer face on it. Less outward crazy, more inward evil. They used Trump to get here, because no one would vote for Vance.

[Tree Lady]

55. They like to fuck it up by firing people and closing offices

and letting things run to the ground so they can privatize and make money off it.

I wouldn't worry now but in the future as they take over privately they won't stop it but I bet have cuts.

[allegorical oracle]

57. I am too. Got upset reading a Newsweek story this a.m. that said we should all be

reporting in regularly to "set up a relationship" with our SS office. Huh? I've received SS for more than a decade and never had to "relate" to someone in the SS office. Check just came when it was supposed to.

[Hassler]

58. Check now. Mine showed up in my checking account yesterday.

But yes, now I worry every Month. I miss Boring Joe when I trusted the system.

[GoodRaisin]

60. I got my electronic direct deposit today.

But yes it is worrisome having to wait every month, no longer completely confident it will come.

[dweller]

61. The level of stress is debilitating and that's the point

Bully tactic

Mine showed up this morning direct deposit


✌🏻

[MineralMan]

62. So, did it show up?

[indigovalley]

63. Mine showed up today as expected. n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

64. Both my wife's and mine are there, as pending transactions.

[BamaRefugee]

65. My "entitlement" is "processing" at the bank. That's a good thing.

Stay tuned for next month's thrilling installment of "DOGE DAY AFTERNOON"!

And thanks to everyone who replied!