https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591029#M6324 <P>I am now truly scared; I rely totally on my social security retirement monthly check. What happens if these two outside the system choose to end that? They've ended other programs within 20 days; what happens if I end up on the street with only a blanket and a bag of dirty clothes? Guess done...</P> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:44:46 GMT WebWiseWoman 2025-02-08T02:44:46Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591029#M6324 <P>I am now truly scared; I rely totally on my social security retirement monthly check. What happens if these two outside the system choose to end that? They've ended other programs within 20 days; what happens if I end up on the street with only a blanket and a bag of dirty clothes? Guess done...</P> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:44:46 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591029#M6324 WebWiseWoman 2025-02-08T02:44:46Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591138#M6329 <P>The difference in the programs - Social Security (and Medicare) have legislated funding mechanisms to the Trust Funds.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Congress does NOT fund them by appropriations.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>EDITED TO ADD: &nbsp;We (the beneficiaries and Congress - both parties) are doing a pretty good job of the programs destruction all by ourselves.</P> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 16:34:35 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591138#M6329 GailL1 2025-02-08T16:34:35Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591144#M6330 <P>The unlawful takeover of government payments including Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security MUST be addressed by AA'RP. Why is the power of this vast collective of our nation's wisest and richest generation silent in the face of the dismantling of our nation's system of checks and balances?&nbsp;</P> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 17:40:03 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591144#M6330 Bluecollarose 2025-02-08T17:40:03Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591147#M6331 <P>Why is AARP silent on the dismantling of our government's system of checks and balances, the autocrats running amuck with our personal data, government payments, not to mention all pretense of social justice?</P> Sat, 08 Feb 2025 17:50:50 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Social-Security/What-will-happen-next-Will-I-still-receive-my-retirement/m-p/2591147#M6331 Bluecollarose 2025-02-08T17:50:50Z