A blogging friend posted something yesterday that caused my jaw to literally hit the floor.  I will not share her post, for it is personal, but I will share the situation, for it is one that potentially affects all of us.  Her husband recently signed up for Social Security on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) website.  They checked the website each day, only to see the message “Your application is in process”.  After three weeks, unable to contact the SSA through the website, they paid a visit to the nearest Social Security office. A young lady took them into her office almost immediately, asked one or two questions and told them it would be processed ‘now’.  My friend asked her why it wasn’t already processed, as it had been ‘in process’ for three weeks.  Now comes the jaw-dropping part, so I advise you to sit down before reading further …

“The new Administration has cut jobs and there is no one monitoring the website applications.”

My friend asked what would have happened if they hadn’t paid a visit in person, and the answer was “absolutely nothing”, as in, their application would have remained in limbo for all eternity, presumably, or at least until we get a responsible government. The young staffer at the SSA ended by saying, “I really wish someone would take charge in Washington. That idiot is gonna screw us all before too long.”

I want you to stop and think about this one for a few minutes, folks.  The Social Security Administration, the agency tasked with collecting 7.65% of our gross wages every pay period and then seeing that we receive a certain amount each month upon our retirement or disability, has a website but nobody is monitoring it.  How many people are, right this very minute, checking the website, hoping to see that their application to receive their own money, has moved from “in process” to “approved” status?  Hundreds?  Thousands?

What other government agencies have websites where “the lights are on, but nobody’s home”?  What about the Veteran’s Administration?  HUD offices?  What the Sam Hell are we paying taxes for?  Oh yeah … so Trump can keep going to his golf games accompanied by an obscene number of Secret Service agents, wasting fuel on Air Force One, and eating more food in one day than I can put away in a month!

And hey … republicans, listen up … guess what?  This affects YOU every bit as much as it affects anybody else.  You might want to use a bit of your ‘insider’ influence to let your members of Congress know that this is totally irresponsible and unacceptable!

This administration has committed many atrocities, and this is only one more in the ever-growing stack of ‘WTF’ items, but it is a crucial one.  Be advised that in all likelihood, not a single one of the government’s websites are being administered in the manner they should be, and by all means, if you need something from the Social Security Administration, your best bet is to show up on their doorstep.

Just another example of “your tax dollars hard at work”.