Long Lines for Social Security Recipients

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Thank you, Lou. I am a retired SSA worker and my experience from the inside was a very positive one in the sense of the employees(a very talented group) and how the agency is managed with the limited resources it has. Therein lies the problem: the limited resources it has. The agency desperately needs more employees and the political will is not there. Social Security gets the highest client rankings of almost any government agency and its computer service is the best in government. Year after year it's among the tops in survey rankings with its service and its administrative costs are extraordinarily cheap relative to its size. But if you don't have enough employees something has to give and I can assure you having been on the inside that something is giving(i.e. issues are not being addressed, phone calls may not be returned, waiting times are extended, etc. as the article indicates above). Anyone filing nowadays for any SSA benefit needs to be patient and make certain their information is picked up by a live person.

Richard of AZ @ Feb 22, 2009 20:39:16 PM

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It would help Social Security to stop paying the already wealthy money for reaching retirement age. The New Deal was put in place to assist the poor and downtrodden not those living on means for six or better people. If you make over $500,000.00, no social security should be given to those individuals. This should allow them(the wealthy)to live at a means that is comfortable to them but not causing others to struggle or lose income because of their greed.

Those voted in office by the people should not be asking for raises when they refuse to raise the minimum pay rate for the harder working person. What they pay into the Social Security pool should be there to benefit the needy. Americans have gone the wrong way, as far as, understanding the needs of the people. I agreed the Social Security System need to overhauled and Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) should be separated to work more efficient. This will provide more jobs for American people.

The Government should start to work for the people by giving them jobs in the USA not overseas. Think of the people as living human being not numbers and figures on a graph or chart. Try living on $6.00 - 7.00 an hour. Maybe they should be paid only for the times they are in attendance at congressional meetings and docked pay for being absent.

This is the way the real world of work does.

phoward of MO @ Feb 21, 2009 17:44:52 PM

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I think the SSA woks better then almost any other government service.People seem to enjoy complaining about everything these days. You can't please all of the people all the time.

Also don't understand why giving seniors $250 is going to do anything to really get economy back on track.

Lou of MI @ Feb 21, 2009 15:35:48 PM

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I think that if maybe they would hire some of the people who have become qualified to now work, that the overcrowding could be lessened. I am absolutely sure that more help would definitely help to curtail the time that people are waiting for assistance.

Vanessa

Vanessa Jordan of CA @ Feb 19, 2009 23:21:13 PM