Trump throws up 'outrageous' roadblock for seniors, people

[turbinetree]

with disabilities in need of $1,200 relief checks

Published 5 hours ago on April 1, 2020
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams

“The Trump administration is throwing up an unnecessary barrier that will make it harder for seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans to get the payments they desperately need.”

As millions of Americans await the $1,200 cash payments authorized by the latest coronavirus stimulus package, experts and progressive advocates are condemning a move by the Trump administration which would force millions of seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities to jump through unnecessary hoops to receive money they are entitled to under law.

The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance earlier this week announcing that people who do not typically file a tax return—a group that includes millions of Social Security recipients and low-income Americans—”will need to file a simple tax return to receive an economic impact payment.”

“Requiring seniors and people with disabilities who receive Form SSA-1099 (the annual Social Security benefit statement) to file a tax return is unnecessary. The federal government already has all of the information it needs.”
—Chuck Marr, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

“This is outrageous,” Nancy Altman, president of advocacy group Social Security Works, said in a statement on the policy Wednesday. “The $1200 payments could easily be added automatically to the benefits these people already receive every month.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trump-throws-up-outrageous-roadblock-for-seniors-people-with-disabilities-in-need-of-1200-relief-checks/

The absolute vileness from him and his lackeys never fucking stops and just gets more dangerous everyday.................JFC

[sheshe2]

1. Like we are not under enough stress, now this.

Cruelty at it's best.

[turbinetree]

2. This is just's amazing...............they must sit around and just think on how to hurt people

like its some board game...............how to be vile............

We should shut off the water and electricity to the white house, no power generators, nothing, no food, nothing.............

[sheshe2]

3. Plus if I read things correctly,

Plus if I read things correctly, they don't even have that "simple form" for us to fill out.

[turbinetree]

7. Yepper spot on....................

[Lindsay]

8. They'll have it available "soon,"

from what I've read.

Guessing that means it will be available hours before some arbitrary deadline so that the system crashes. Oh, too bad for you.

[sheshe2]

9. Bet they hope we die before the form is available.

Then they can pocket the money for themselves.

[sheshe2]

12. I just found this...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213217463

[guillaumeb]

10. The SR1040 is available and fillable online.

I hope this helps.

[sheshe2]

11. Look here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213217463

And thanks.

[guillaumeb]

17. Good job, she.

My son is disabled and does not fill out a tax form. But he also has strict limits on assets. Many disabled people are limited to under $2,000 in total liquid assets.

[Hoyt]

4. Bet they'll change their minds again within next few days.

[Hoyt]

14. Only took a few hours, now you DO NOT have to file.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142461432

[kskiska]

5. I'm looking for that "simple form," also.

[sheshe2]

13. See here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213217463

[Ilsa]

6. That's a lot of economic stimulating that won't happen

if the Trump Administration wins on this. A lot of elderly people will have to seek out help to file.

[warmfeet]

15. Is there a breaking point?

I wonder? Haven't seen any sign of it yet. We bend over and take it without any lube, just some vague promise of a meager dinner at some future time, if we follow the draconian rules.

At some point, this will reflect much worse upon ourselves than it does on our overlords. At some point, inaction is acquiescence. Just some food for thought.

[Marrah_Goodman]

16. I don't have access to my SA-1099

I am staying at my bfs house because my housemates both work at Walmart in the grocery. I cannot even drive the 2 hours one way to get it and come back because I would put my bf and his roommate in jeopardy if I came back and frankly they wouldn't let me come back.

[WePurrsevere]

19. They've apparently changed it to automatically being deposited...

possibly with our regular monthly Soc Sec direct deposit. Hopefully it stay this way so it's easier on seniors, veterans and the disabled.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142461432

Stay where you are and stay safe.

[trickyguy]

18. "Dangerous" being the key word here. Trump and lackeys definitely fit that description.

On so many other levels also. We're in the hands of a maniac.

[euphorb]

20. This has now changed

Late today the Treasury Department said that social security recipients who don't file tax returns will automatically receive stimulus checks direct deposited.

See: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142460134

[mountain grammy]

24. Oh, what's that? A voice of competence left

in this fiasco administration? That one won't last much longer.

[Lonestarblue]

21. The incompetence of this administration is utterly astonishing.

I waffle between believing they’re all utter fools (which of course they are) to wondering if this is deliberate to hurt American people because Trump thinks he will not be re-elected and like any spoiled two-year-old chooses to destroy his toy rather than share it.

Trump has done nothing that other countries have done to bring the virus under control:
—test everyone because people can be carriers without symptoms
—we can’t test because we don’t have them—where are the millions Trump promised weeks ago
—shut the country down to reduce spread
—make sure everyone has masks, not just medical staff

If you know these things help, why on earth would you not do them? This makes no sense.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

22. Blatant maleficence!

[mountain grammy]

23. They. Don't. Know. What. They're. Doing

They are completely clueless.. My guess, at least a month bofore anyone sees anything.. these are total imcompetent idiots.

[TygrBright]

25. Stinks of Mnuchbag. n/t

[flibbitygiblets]

26. Thanks for the reminder, Dump adminstration. Where are HIS taxes? Oh right...

[SpaceNeedle]

27. This is completely unacceptable

The seniors are already scared from the epidemic because they are at extreme risk. To add to their anxiety is simply inhumane.

[the_sly_pig]

28. C'mon AARP, where are you?

[Hoyt]

29. trump Admin changed this earlier today. There are several threads explaining change.

[spanone]

31. K&R

[Grasswire2]

32. why don't you delete this OP?

It's no longer true.

[turbinetree]

33. Because everyday it a new and different standard with this criminal sitting in the White House

you never know what he is going to do, just like his son n law is in charge of ventilators.............a scammer in charge of ventilators and people are dying........... ....you see and read one thing and it is then totally opposite coming from his mouth he is CON.......if I get that check which isn't enough, this jerk is trying his damnedest to be like FDR and he will try to make it look like it was his him and his ego that got that check to me and millions of others ......it wasn't him...................he will never be like FDR, he has no fricking clue what FDR did to get this country back and running, he has not one iota of decency in his body to think of what to do ......................
Thank you for letting me rant, but I think the OP speak's for its self.................