Posted on 06/18/2014 10:10:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement, the Social Security Administration has been closing dozens of field offices, forcing more and more seniors to seek help online instead of in person, according to a congressional report being released Wednesday.
The agency blames budget constraints.
As a result, seniors seeking information and help from the agency are facing increasingly long waits, in person and on the phone, the report said.
Social Security has closed 64 field offices since 2010, the largest number of closures in a five-year period in the agencys history, according to a report by the bipartisan staff of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
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Yep, I’ll never see My $$$ I pray that My Mother gets it.
It’s 2014 and most people have computers.
I bank with BOA....not a single branch in the entire state.
bttt
Good. Who in their right minds wants to go stand around waiting in line?
Just for grins, how many US taxpayer funded and supported illegal alien support and aid offices have been closed in the same period of time?
That's a monumentally stupid and gigantic "ignoring for a moment," onedoug!
I think my central point was valid. But it was difficult to make because I was pointing out a relative “success” in dealing with government and, yes, “ignoring for the moment” that that is in fact, impossible.
Sorry I couldn’t find a way to it more amenable to your obviously superior intellect.
I did medicare and SS on line. Piece of cake. Why would I want to deal with a bureaucrat?
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